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Inside the Ark

Author : Yosef Kats
Publisher : University of Regina Press
ISBN 13 : 0889772827
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Inside the Ark written by Yosef Kats and published by University of Regina Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's longest-lasting and most successful communal society, the Hutterites have a model of governance that has served them well for almost five hundred years. In the past the colony was an "ark," isolated from both the secular world and the host society. But today colonies face new challenges because of globalization and digital technologies and are losing much of their ability to exclude these influences from their lives. Based on extensive fieldwork with the Schmiedeleut branch of the Hutterites, the book includes the Conference Letters and Regulations, published for the first time in English translation, that provide invaluable insights into strategies for managing change.

On the Backroad to Heaven

Author : Donald B. Kraybill
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801870897
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book On the Backroad to Heaven written by Donald B. Kraybill and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002-09-30 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first comparative study sketches the differences as well as the common threads that bind these groups together.

Leadership in Disaster

Author : Raymond Murphy
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773577882
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Leadership in Disaster written by Raymond Murphy and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murphy explores whether technological development inadvertently constructed new vulnerabilities, thereby manufacturing a natural disaster. As the extreme weather in the ice storm may foreshadow what will occur with global warming, Leadership in Disaster also explores the politics, economics, ethics, and cultural predispositions involved in climate change, investigating how modern societies create both the risks they assume are acceptable and the burden of managing them. An innovative comparison with Amish communities, where the same extreme weather had trivial consequences, is instructive for avoiding future socio-economic catastrophes.

New York Amish

Author : Karen M. Johnson-Weiner
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501708139
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book New York Amish written by Karen M. Johnson-Weiner and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing Amish settlement in New York from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on more than thirty years of participant-observation, interviews, and archival research to introduce the Amish to their non-Amish neighbors. In the last decade, New York State has had the fastest-growing Amish population. This work highlights the diversity of Amish settlement in New York State and the contribution of New York's Amish to the state’s rich cultural heritage. The second edition of New York Amish updates settlement areas to acknowledge recently established communities and to demonstrate the impact of growth, schism, and migration on existing settlements. In addition, chapters treating external and internal challenges to Amish settlement and the challenges Amish settlement poses to neighboring non-Amish communities have been updated, and a new chapter looks to the future of New York’s Amish. All maps have been updated, and a new map showing all of New York’s Amish communities has been added.

The Hutterites in North America

Author : Rod Janzen
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801899257
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Hutterites in North America written by Rod Janzen and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2010-07-18 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the longest-lived communal societies in North America, the Hutterites have developed multifaceted communitarian perspectives on everything from conflict resolution and decision-making practices to standards of living and care for the elderly. This compellingly written book offers a glimpse into the complex and varied lives of the nearly 500 North American Hutterite communities. North American Hutterites today number around 50,000 and have common roots with and beliefs akin to the Amish and other Old Order Christians. This historical analysis and anthropological investigation draws on existing research, primary sources, and over 25 years of the authors' interaction with Hutterite communities to recount the group's physical and spiritual journey from its 16th-century founding in Eastern Europe and its near disappearance in Transylvania in the 1760s to its late 19th-century transplantation to North America and into the modern era. It explains how the Hutterites found creative ways to manage social and economic changes over more than five centuries while holding to the principles and cultural values embedded in their faith. Religious scholars, anthropologists, and historians of America and the Anabaptist faiths will find this objective-yet-appreciative account of the Hutterites' distinct North American culture to be a valuable and fascinating study both of the religion and of a viable alternative to modern-day capitalism.

It Started on a Back Road: A Sweet and Sexy Novella

Author : Susan Saxx
Publisher : Susan Saxx
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book It Started on a Back Road: A Sweet and Sexy Novella written by Susan Saxx and published by Susan Saxx. This book was released on with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TWO Delta North Team series with all your favorite characters...a third DNT series coming soon! He’s a soldier, bound by rules. She’s an artist, dying for freedom. Danica needs to get away from her life in the Big Apple. So when she visits her best friend Abby in the northern town of Jack’s Bay, she expects peace and quiet. But she gets anything but. She finds herself smack in the middle of a bunch of former Delta North soldiers. She’s good with all of them…except for Parker Bowles. Parker Bowles has a heart as big as the northern Ontario outdoors he loves so much. The former Special Ops soldier is perplexed at the small woman’s reaction to him. Yet something about her draws him. He can’t help but keep a special eye on the lonely, yet unpredictable Danica from NY—no matter what she says. Or does. But when her actions take a surprise turn…he’ll have to follow his heart, despite the rules… *This book is part of the Delta North NOVELLA series. Be sure to check out the Delta North Main series, starting with A Real Man: The FIRST MIRACLE. *Sign up for Susan's newsletter, on her site, to get release info about the new series, featuring the newly formed Delta North Security Force! *** THE DELTA NORTH TEAM Small Town Military Romance Series: Soldiers Coming Home A band of brothers was forged to provide military support for critical missions, with men from two countries: the U.S. and Canada, in the spirit of their forerunner, The Devil’s Brigade. With the handle The Delta North Special Ops Team, these soldiers sweat and worked together, put their lives on the line, and pulled off critical missions and successes. Now these heroes have come home and are starting their civilian lives far away from the battlefield, but with the same stalwart and uncompromising principles they fought under still strong in their hearts. Integrating back into civilian life will not be easy. Much has changed since they’ve been gone, and sometimes? Not enough has changed. But they’re back… …and they’re going to make a dent. Read their stories, hold your breath, cheer for their hard-won successes in life...and in love.

Testimonies and Secrets

Author : Robert M. Mennel
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442614781
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Testimonies and Secrets written by Robert M. Mennel and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling history is drawn from the papers of the Crouse-Eikle family, discovered in their ancestral home in Crousetown on Nova Scotia's South Shore. Millwright John Will Crouse (18441914) kept a meticulous diary spanning five decades. Reflective by nature, he recorded the challenges of work, pondered the intricacies of communal life, and wrote movingly of his personal and spiritual struggles. His daughter Elvira Crouse Eikle reported on village events for local newspapers, and her son, Harold Eikle (19121977), a gifted teacher and musician, wrote letters and family history. Harold's correspondence celebrated the social liberations of the 1930s and beyond, but also showed their limits in the suffering he experienced as a gay man in a heterosexual world. Using the family papers, other unpublished documents and oral history, Robert M. Mennel connects the experiences of the Crouse-Eikle family and their community to larger themes of social and cultural change in North America. A story of vivid personalities and episodes, by turns sad, conflicted, joyful, bitter, funny and reflective, Testimonies and Secrets will be read with pleasure by scholars and general readers alike.

Document Analysis Systems

Author : Giorgos Sfikas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031704428
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Document Analysis Systems written by Giorgos Sfikas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Amish Patchwork

Author : Thomas J. Meyers
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253217554
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book An Amish Patchwork written by Thomas J. Meyers and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an overview of the Amish and Mennonite communities in Indiana, describing the traditions, beliefs, and contributions of each community and discussing their impact on the state's history.

Sociological Abstracts

Author : Leo P. Chall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sociological Abstracts written by Leo P. Chall and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides abstracts of journal articles and citations to book reviews drawn from over 1,800+ serials publications, and also provides abstracts of books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference papers.

A Geography of the Hutterites in North America

Author : S. M. Evans
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496228324
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book A Geography of the Hutterites in North America written by S. M. Evans and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Geography of the Hutterites in North America explores the geographical diffusion of the Hutterite colonies from the "bridgehead" of Dakota Territory in 1874 to the present distribution across North America. Looking further than just maps of location, this book analyzes the relationship between parent and daughter colonies as the Hutterite population continues to grow and examines the role of cultural and demographic forces in determining the diffusion process. Throughout this geographical analysis, Simon M. Evans pays due attention to the Hutterites' contribution to the cultural landscape of the Canadian Prairies and the American Great Plains, as well as the interactions that the Hutterites have with the land, including their agricultural success. With over forty years of research and personal interactions with more than a hundred Hutterite colonies, Evans offers a unique insight into the significant role that the Hutterites have in North America, both currently and historically. This study goes beyond the history, life, and culture of this communal brotherhood to present a new geographical analysis that reports on current and ongoing research within the field. The first narrative to be published regarding Hutterites in nearly a decade, A Geography of the Hutterites in North America is a valuable resource for scholars and students alike.

Encyclopedia of American Folklife

Author : Simon J Bronner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317471954
Total Pages : 1469 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Folklife written by Simon J Bronner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 1469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American folklife is steeped in world cultures, or invented as new culture, always evolving, yet often practiced as it was created many years or even centuries ago. This fascinating encyclopedia explores the rich and varied cultural traditions of folklife in America - from barn raisings to the Internet, tattoos, and Zydeco - through expressions that include ritual, custom, crafts, architecture, food, clothing, and art. Featuring more than 350 A-Z entries, "Encyclopedia of American Folklife" is wide-ranging and inclusive. Entries cover major cities and urban centers; new and established immigrant groups as well as native Americans; American territories, such as Guam and Samoa; major issues, such as education and intellectual property; and expressions of material culture, such as homes, dress, food, and crafts. This encyclopedia covers notable folklife areas as well as general regional categories. It addresses religious groups (reflecting diversity within groups such as the Amish and the Jews), age groups (both old age and youth gangs), and contemporary folk groups (skateboarders and psychobillies) - placing all of them in the vivid tapestry of folklife in America. In addition, this resource offers useful insights on folklife concepts through entries such as "community and group" and "tradition and culture." The set also features complete indexes in each volume, as well as a bibliography for further research.

Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 1

Author : Ronald J. Allen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725259613
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 1 written by Ronald J. Allen and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-06-08 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preaching the Manifold Grace of God is a two-volume work describing theologies of preaching from the historical and contemporary periods. Volume 1 focuses on historical theological families: Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anabaptist, Anglican/Episcopal, Wesleyan, Baptist, African American, Stone-Campbell, Friends, and Pentecostal. Volume 2 focuses on families that are evangelical, liberal, neo-orthodox, postliberal, existential, radical orthodox, deconstructionist, Black liberation, womanist, Latinx liberation, Mujerista, Asian American, Asian American feminist, LGBTQAI, Indigenous, postcolonial, and process. In each case, the author describes the circumstances in which the theological family emerged and describes the purposes and characteristics of preaching from that perspective.

Overland Monthly

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Overland Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Utopianism for a Dying Planet

Author : Gregory Claeys
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691236682
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Utopianism for a Dying Planet written by Gregory Claeys and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-12-10 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the utopian tradition offers answers to today’s environmental crises In the face of Earth’s environmental breakdown, it is clear that technological innovation alone won’t save our planet. A more radical approach is required, one that involves profound changes in individual and collective behavior. Utopianism for a Dying Planet examines the ways the expansive history of utopian thought, from its origins in ancient Sparta and ideas of the Golden Age through to today's thinkers, can offer moral and imaginative guidance in the face of catastrophe. The utopian tradition, which has been critical of conspicuous consumption and luxurious indulgence, might light a path to a society that emphasizes equality, sociability, and sustainability. Gregory Claeys unfolds his argument through a wide-ranging consideration of utopian literature, social theory, and intentional communities. He defends a realist definition of utopia, focusing on ideas of sociability and belonging as central to utopian narratives. He surveys the development of these themes during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before examining twentieth- and twenty-first-century debates about alternatives to consumerism. Claeys contends that the current global warming limit of 1.5C (2.7F) will result in cataclysm if there is no further reduction in the cap. In response, he offers a radical Green New Deal program, which combines ideas from the theory of sociability with proposals to withdraw from fossil fuels and cease reliance on unsustainable commodities. An urgent and comprehensive search for antidotes to our planet’s destruction, Utopianism for a Dying Planet asks for a revival of utopian ideas, not as an escape from reality, but as a powerful means of changing it.

The Yoder Case

Author : Shawn Francis Peters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780700612734
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book The Yoder Case written by Shawn Francis Peters and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1960s an Amish community considered state education detrimental to its own values. When the state claimed truancy and took Jonas Yoder to court, a legal battle of landmark proportions followed. This volume is a complete and compelling accountof the Yoder case.

A History of the Amish

Author : Steven M. Nolt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1680991094
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book A History of the Amish written by Steven M. Nolt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amish, one of America’s most intriguingly private, unique, and often misunderstood religious communities, have survived for three hundred years! How has that happened? While much has been written on the Amish, little has been revealed about their history. This book brings together in one volume a thorough history of the Amish people. From their beginnings in Europe through their settlement in North America, the Amish have struggled to maintain their beliefs and traditions in often hostile settings. Now updated, the book gives an in-depth look at how the modern Amish church continues to grow and change. It covers recent developments in new Amish settlements, the community’s conflict and negotiation with government, the Nickel Mines school shooting, and the media’s constant fascination with this religious people, from reality TV shows to romance novels. Authoritative, thorough, and interestingly written, A History of the Amish presents the deep and rich heritage of the Amish people with dozens of illustrations and updated statistics. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.