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The other side of joy : religious melancholy among the Bruderhof / Julius H. Rubin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubin, Julius H., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bruderhof Communities--Membership.
- Bruderhof Communities.
- Depression, Mental--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
- Depression, Mental.
- Depression, Mental--Epidemiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-774160-6
- 1-280-52980-6
- 0-19-535324-2
- 1-4294-0375-6
- OCLC:
- 476014791
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