Obedient heretics : Mennonite identities in Lutheran Hamburg and Altona during the confessional age / Michael D. Driedger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Driedger, Michael D.

Series:

St. Andrews studies in Reformation history

[St. Andrews studies in Reformation history]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mennonites--Germany--Hamburg--History--17th century.

Mennonites.

History.

Hamburg-Altona (Hamburg, Germany)--Church history.

Hamburg-Altona (Hamburg, Germany).

Germany--Hamburg.

Physical Description:

xii, 224 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

1 Confessional Migration: The Dispersion of Anabaptists to Northern Germany 8

2 The Short-lived Ceremonialism of the Dompelaars 31

3 The Confessionalist Strategy of Flemish Leaders 49

4 Mennonite Confessionalization and Beyond: Polemics and the Articulation of a Conformist Ideology 75

5 A Conformist Brand of Non-resistance: Controversies and Silences 107

6 The Non-swearing of Solemn Oaths: Official Accounts versus Everyday Behaviours 129

7 Mixed Marriages and Social Change 154

1 Flemish preachers in Hamburg and Altona 180

2 Flemish deacons and deaconesses in Hamburg and Altona 182

3 Approved marriages 183

4 Confessionally mixed marriages and most other unapproved marriages 184

5 Unapproved marriages between first cousins 189

6 Individuals who married non-Mennonites or Dompelaars before becoming Flemish congregational members 190

7 Conversions to other churches not resulting from confessionally mixed marriages 192

8 Individuals disciplined for improper financial dealings 194

9 Individuals disciplined for violent behaviour 196

10 Individuals disciplined for other immoral behaviour 197.

Notes:

Series from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-218) and index.

ISBN:

0754602923

OCLC:

46777419