num_pages: 512
description: In the first book ever written on the subject, Carl Bowman examines how and why members of the Church of the Brethren―historically known as "Dunkers" after their method of baptism―were assimilated faster and earlier than their Amish, Mennonite, or even Hutterite cousins.
language: English
title: Brethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a "Peculiar People"
titlecomplete: Brethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a "Peculiar People" (Center Books in Anabaptist Studies)
ratings_count: 6
series: Center Books in Anabaptist Studies
publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press