| The Other Side of Joy: Religious Melancholy Among the Bruderhof Contributor(s): Rubin, Julius (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195119436 ISBN-13: 9780195119435 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $86.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: This is a case study of one pietist religious group, the Bruderhof. A Christian brotherhood founded on Anabaptist and evangelical pietist doctrine, they practice community of goods, seeking to emulate the vision of the Apostolic church and fulfill the ethic of brotherhood taught in the Sermon on the Mount. Rubin offers compelling 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Religion | Christianity - Denominations - Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues |
| Dewey: 289.73 |
| LCCN: 97024740 |
| Lexile Measure: 1520 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.38" W x 9.26" (1.36 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a case study of one pietist religious group, the Bruderhof. A Christian brotherhood founded on Anabaptist and evangelical pietist doctrine, they practice community of goods, seeking to emulate the vision of the Apostolic church and fulfill the ethic of brotherhood taught in the Sermon on the Mount. Rubin offers compelling 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. |
