Mennonite Farmers - A Global History of Place and Sustainability

"This book is based on a multiyear study of seven Anabaptist communities around the world: in Bolivia, Canada, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Russia, the United States, and Zimbabwe. The author uncovers shared commitments to place and sustainable community, notwithstanding the differences that distinguish the locales culturally and environmentally"--

About the author

Royden Loewen is a senior scholar at the University of Winnipeg. His books include Horse-and-Buggy Genius: Listening to Mennonites Contest the Modern World and Village among Nations: "Canadian" Mennonites in a Transnational World, 1916–2006.

Summary

Mennonite Farmers is a pioneering work that brings faith into conversation with the land in distinctive ways.

Product details

• Authors: Royden Loewen, Royden (Professor of History Loewen
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781421442037
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-4203-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies; Young Center Books in Anabapti
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Sociology, SCIENCE / Natural History, RELIGION / Christianity / Mennonite, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Religion: general, Rural communities, Nature & the natural world: general interest, Sustainable agriculture, The Earth: Natural History General, Protestantism & Protestant Churches