Chosen Nation - Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era

"During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the global Mennonite church developed an uneasy relationship with Germany. Despite the religion's origins in the Swiss and Dutch Reformation, as well as its longstanding pacifism, tens of thousands of members embraced militarist German nationalism. Chosen Nation is a sweeping history of this encounter and the debates it sparked among parliaments, dictatorships, and congregations across Eurasia and the Americas"--

About the author

Benjamin W. Goossen is a scholar of global religious history at Harvard University.

Summary

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the global Mennonite church developed an uneasy relationship with Germany. Despite the religion's origins in the Swiss and Dutch Reformation, as well as its longstanding pacifism, tens of thousands of members embraced militarist German nationalism. Chosen Nation is a sweeping history of this encounter

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"Goosen has written a balanced primer of a pious and insular community whose history, customs and values have yet to be discovered by most people."---Sheldon Kirshner, Sheldon Kirshner Journal

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Goossen, Benjamin W. Goossen
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780691192741
• ISBN: 978-0-691-19274-1
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / World, RELIGION / Christianity / Mennonite, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Christianity, General & world history, Christian Churches & denominations, General and world history, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, The Americas, Relating to Amish / Mennonite people, Protestantism and Protestant Churches