Seeds of the kingdom
Subtitle: utopian communities in the Americas
By: Anna L. Peterson.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780195183337
Subjects: Catholic Church -- El Salvador -- History; Amish Mennonites -- United States -- History; Christian sociology -- Mennonites -- History; Christian sociology -- Catholic Church -- History
Description: This is a study of the experiences of two very different communities: former refugees in the mountains of El Salvador and Amish farmers in the Midwestern US. They both aim to embody the reign of God on earth, but from different perspectives. Both practical and ideological commonalities are described.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Residence on earth; title: Farm, land, church : Anabaptist agriculture and community; title: Promised land : progressive Catholic agrarians in Latin America; title: Nature; title: Community; title: Utopia.