California Mennonites
"Books geographically focused on the midwestern and eastern states dominate the study of Mennonites in America. The intriguing history of Mennonites in the American West remains untold. In From Digging Gold to Saving Souls, Brian Froese introduces readers for the first time to the California Me...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press
[2014]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423002606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Going to California: the Mennonite migration
- Alone in the garden: boosters, migrants, and refugees
- Urban dystopia and divine nature: the early Mennonite colonies
- Outsiders from within: defining California Mennonite identity
- New neighbors: confronting racial and religious pluralism
- From sewing circles to missionary societies: the public roles of women in the church
- Peaceful patriots: California Mennonites during World War II
- Socially active Mennonitism and mental health: the origins of Kings View Homes
- Feeding the hungry: a story of piety and professionalization
- Protect and assimilate: evangelical education in California
- Labor tensions: Mennonite growers, the UFW, and the farm labor problem
- From digging gold to saving souls: the transformation of California Mennonite identity
- Epilogue. a new breed of Mennonites.
