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Document Type: | Book |
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Carl F Bowman |
ISBN: | 0801849047 9780801849046 |
OCLC Number: | 473995239 |
Description: | 491 sider |
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"This model study of a small denomination's history, sociology and anthropology will inspire scholars who study larger, less definable religious groups....Bowman provides a good chronology of events and shows the walls of rural protection, sectarian ethos and geographical distance breaking down."'--Christian Century' "A major portion of the book is devoted to a discussion of the reconstruction of Brethren culture during the late 1800s and throughout the 1900s. Bowman meticulously describes how Brethren commitments were redefined over time. This cultural transformation frequently preserved a sense of symbolic continuity with the early church. Symbols that once differentiated the German Baptists from Roman Catholics and from other Protestant and Anabaptist groups evolved to distinguish Brethren from one another... 'Brethren Society' is a welcome addition to an expanding collection of scholarly books about 'plain people,' including 'Amish Society' and 'Hutterite Society', both by John Hostetler, and 'Mennonite Society', by Calvin Redekop, all published by The Johns Hopkins University Press."--'Contemporary Sociology', May 1996 Read more...

