Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites Hoofbeats of Humility in a Postmodern World

Name: Horse-and-Buggy Mennonites Hoofbeats of Humility in a Postmodern World
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ISBN: 9780271028668

ISBN-10: 0271028661

ISBN-13: 9780271028668

Edition: 2006

Authors: Donald B. Kraybill, James P. Hurd, Donald Kraybill, James Hurd

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On Easter Sunday of 1927, progress and tradition collided at the Groffdale Old Order Mennonite Church in eastern Pennsylvania when half the congregation shunned the cup of wine offered by Bishop Moses Horning. The boycott of this holiest of Mennonite customs was in direct response to Horning's decision to endorse the automobile after years of debate within the church. The resulting schism over opposing views of technology produced the group known as the Wenger Mennonites. In the nearly eighty years since the establishment of this church, the initial group of fifty dissenters has grown to a community of 16,000 Wenger Mennonites. They have large families and typically retain 95 percent or…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 7/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



List of Tables and Diagrams


Preface


Acknowledgments



Who Are the Wenger Mennonites?



The Fabric of Faith and Culture



Mobility and Identity



The Architecture of Community



The Rhythm of Sacred Ritual



Passages from Birth to Death



Making a Living Together



Technology and Social Change



Pilgrims in a Postmodern World


Appendixes


Notes


Selected References


Index


Photo Credits