The Open Brethren: A Christian Sect in the Modern World [electronic resource] /
Herriot, Peter.author.
This book gives a personal insight into the hearts and minds of a fundamentalist Christian sect, the Open Brethren. Using Brethren magazine articles, obituaries, and testimonies, Peter Herriot argues that the Brethren constitute a perfect example of a fundamentalism. Their culture is entirely opposed to the beliefs, values, and norms of modernity. As a result, like other fundamentalisms they challenge modern Christianity and impede its efforts to engage with global society.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Chapter 1. The Tight Brother’s Tale -- Chapter 2. The Loose Brother’s Tale -- Chapter 3. The Historian’s Tale -- Chapter 4. The Psychologist’s Tale -- Chapter 5. Brethren Lives -- Chapter 6. Salvation and Service -- Chapter 7. Conformity and Belief -- Chapter 8. Authority in Action -- Chapter 9. The Authority of the Bible -- Chapter 10: The Authority of the Brother -- Chapter 11. Separation and Identity -- Chapter 12. Pure from the World -- Chapter 13. Separated from the Sects -- Chapter 14. Apart from the Apostates -- Chapter 15. An Archetypal Fundamentalism -- Chapter 16. The Brethren and Modernism -- Chapter 17. Fundamentalism and Christianity -- Chapter 18. Religion and Globalisation.
This book gives a personal insight into the hearts and minds of a fundamentalist Christian sect, the Open Brethren. Using Brethren magazine articles, obituaries, and testimonies, Peter Herriot argues that the Brethren constitute a perfect example of a fundamentalism. Their culture is entirely opposed to the beliefs, values, and norms of modernity. As a result, like other fundamentalisms they challenge modern Christianity and impede its efforts to engage with global society.
Religion and sociology.
Psychology and religion.
Religion and Society.
Religion and Psychology.
Sociology of Religion.