Horse-and-buggy Mennonites : hoofbeats of humility in a postmodern world / Donald B. Kraybill and James P. Hurd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kraybill, Donald B.

Contributor:

Hurd, James P., 1941-

Series:

Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001) ; v. 40.

Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001). Pennsylvania German history and culture series. no. 7.

Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society ; v. 40. Pennsylvania German history and culture series ; no. 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wenger Mennonites.

Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church.

Physical Description:

xii, 362 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2006]

Summary:

In this first-of-its-kind study of the Wenger Mennonites, Kraybill and Hurd -- a sociologist and an anthropologist -- use cultural analysis to interpret the Wengers in both Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. They systematically compare the Wengers with other Mennonite groups as well as with the Amish, showing how relationships with these other groups have had a powerful impact on shaping the identity of the Wenger Mennonites in the Anabaptist world. As Kraybill and Hurd show, the Wengers have learned that it is impossible to maintain a truly static culture, and so examining the ways in which the Wengers cautiously and incrementally adapt to the ever-changing world around them is an invaluable case study of the gradual evolution of religious ritual in the face of modernity.

Contents:

Who are the Wenger Mennonites?

The fabric of faith and culture

Mobility and identity

The architecture of community

The rhythm of sacred ritual

Passages from birth to death

Making a living together

Technology and social change

Pilgrims in a postmodern world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-345) and index.

ISBN:

0271028653

9780271028651

0271028661

9780271028668

OCLC:

62789896