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ePUB
Kopierschutz
Ja
Family Sharing
Ja
Text-to-Speech
Ja
Herausgeber
Kimberly D. SchmidtVerlag
Johns Hopkins University PressSeitenzahl
(Printausgabe)
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5717 KB
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9780801876851
"Uniformly sophisticated, interesting, and worthwhile" essays focusing on the often misunderstood experiences of Anabaptist women across 400 years (
Agricultural History).
Equal parts sociology, religious history, and gender studies, this book explores the changing roles and issues surrounding Anabaptist women in communities ranging from sixteenth-century Europe to contemporary North America. Gathered under the overarching theme of the insider/outsider distinction, the essays discuss, among other topics:
. How womanhood was defined in early Anabaptist societies of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and how women served as central figures by convening meetings across class boundaries or becoming religious leaders . How nineteenth-century Amish tightened the connections among the individual, the family, the household, and the community by linking them into a shared framework with the father figure at the helm . The changing work world and domestic life of Mennonite women in the three decades following World War II . The recent ascendency of antimodernism and plain dress among the Amish . The special difficulties faced by scholars who try to apply a historical or sociological method to the very same cultural subgroups from which they derive.
The essays in this collection follow a fascinating journey through time and place to give voice to women who are often characterized as the "quiet in the land." Their voices and their experiences demonstrate the power of religion to shape identity and social practice.
"Makes a major contribution to our understanding of Anabaptist history and the ongoing construction of Anabaptist identity." -
Mennonite Quarterly Review
"This work is significant both for its breadth ... and for offering glimpses into the varieties of Mennonite and Amish life." -
Annals of Iowa
Agricultural History).
Equal parts sociology, religious history, and gender studies, this book explores the changing roles and issues surrounding Anabaptist women in communities ranging from sixteenth-century Europe to contemporary North America. Gathered under the overarching theme of the insider/outsider distinction, the essays discuss, among other topics:
. How womanhood was defined in early Anabaptist societies of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and how women served as central figures by convening meetings across class boundaries or becoming religious leaders . How nineteenth-century Amish tightened the connections among the individual, the family, the household, and the community by linking them into a shared framework with the father figure at the helm . The changing work world and domestic life of Mennonite women in the three decades following World War II . The recent ascendency of antimodernism and plain dress among the Amish . The special difficulties faced by scholars who try to apply a historical or sociological method to the very same cultural subgroups from which they derive.
The essays in this collection follow a fascinating journey through time and place to give voice to women who are often characterized as the "quiet in the land." Their voices and their experiences demonstrate the power of religion to shape identity and social practice.
"Makes a major contribution to our understanding of Anabaptist history and the ongoing construction of Anabaptist identity." -
Mennonite Quarterly Review
"This work is significant both for its breadth ... and for offering glimpses into the varieties of Mennonite and Amish life." -
Annals of Iowa
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