Paul Tschetter

This volume is the biography of Paul Tschetter, a leading figure in late nineteenth-century Hutterite history, the "Hutterite Joshua," who convinced 1,250 Hutterites to leave Russia in the 1870s and resettle in Dakota Territory. Tschetter's life elucidates the way that an immigrant community fought for survival in a North American environment that stressed assimilation to radically different political, economic, cultural, and religious values. Janzen provides an in-depth narrative and analysis of Tschetter's influence based on diaries, sermons, hymns, interviews, and other primary materials.

About the author

Rod Janzen is a Distinguished Scholar and Professor of History at Fresno Pacific University. He is the author of The Hutterites in North America, Paul Tschetter: The Story of a Hutterite Immigrant Leader,Pioneer and Pastor, and The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California Utopia.

Product details

• Authors: Rod Janzen
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.05.2009
• EAN: 9781498252157
• ISBN: 978-1-4982-5215-7
• No. of pages: 318
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 613 g
• Series: Princeton Theological Monograph Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies