UID:
almafu_9959227941002883
Format:
1 online resource (277 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-19-774160-6
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1-280-52980-6
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0-19-535324-2
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1-4294-0375-6
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This case study of a pietist religious group offers accounts of the lives of Bruderhof apostates who foundered over issues of faith, and relates these crises to the central tenets of Bruderhof theology, their spirituality, and community life.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2000.
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Contents; INTRODUCTION: ""The Best Argument for Christianity?""; ONE: The Lengthened Shadow of One Man; TWO: The Thrall of Utopian Illusions; THREE: The Revitalization of Bruderhof Piety; FOUR: Surrendered to Jesus: Varieties of Religious Melancholy; FIVE: Religious Melancholy among Other Anabaptist Sects; CONCLUSION: The Tragic Sense of Life; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-511943-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195119435.001.0001
