The Hutterites in North America
By: Rod Janzen and Max Stanton.
Contributors: Stanton, Max Edward, 1941-
Series: Young Center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801894893
Subjects: Hutterite Brethren -- North America; North America -- Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Communal Christians in North America; title: Origins and history; title: Immigration and settlement in North America; title: Four Hutterite branches; title: Beliefs and practices; title: Life patterns and rites of passage; title: Identity, tradition, and folk beliefs; title: Education and cultural continuity; title: Colony structure, governance, and economics; title: Population and demography; title: Managing technology and social change; title: Relationships with non-Hutterites; title: Facing the future; title: Appendix: Hutterite colonies in North America.