Title: The other side of joy : religious melancholy among the Bruderhof /
Authors: Rubin, Julius H.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Bruderhof Communities Membership.; Depression, Mental Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines.; Depression, Mental Epidemiology.
Abstract: "Julius Rubin traces the history of the Bruderhof from their origins in Germany in the 1920s up to the present day, examining the development of Bruderhof theology, religious vocation and church-community, and their troubles associated with the Hutterian Church.
Contents: The lengthened shadow of one man -- The thrall of Utopian illusions -- The revitalization of Bruderhof piety -- Surrendered to Jesus: varieties of religious melancholy -- Religious melancholy among other Anabaptist sects.