Hutterite SocietyWritten to mark the centennial of the Hutterites' arrival in North America, John Hostetler's acclaimed study traces their history from the founding of their society over four centuries ago to the early 1970s, and analyzes their social and cultural organization, the difficulties of communal living. and their strategies for survival. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Golden Period in Moravia | 29 |
The Decline and Fate of the Eastern European Communities | 61 |
Life in Russia | 91 |
Adaptation to the North American Environment | 119 |
part two CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL | 137 |
CHARTS | 141 |
Colony Organization | 153 |
Chronology of Hutterite History | 311 |
Hutterite Place Names in Eastern Europe by Language and Country | 317 |
The Hutterite School Discipline of 1568 | 321 |
Table Rules | 329 |
Rites of Passage from Childhood to Adulthood | 333 |
Baptismal Vow | 337 |
Engagement and Marriage Vows | 339 |
Ordination Vow | 343 |
Subsistence and Economic Patterns | 177 |
TABLES | 188 |
Schooling and Preparation for Life | 201 |
Admission to Adulthood | 235 |
Kinship and Naming Patterns | 241 |
Responses by Adult Hutterites to Attitudinal Statements | 246 |
The Elderly | 247 |
part three THE PROBLEMS | 253 |
The Strategy of Hutterite Survival | 285 |
Hutterite Population 15281974 | 292 |
Hutterite Historiography | 305 |
Agreement between a Divisional School Board and a Colony Alberta | 345 |
Holidays | 347 |
The Liturgical Calendar | 349 |
Colony Menu for One Week | 353 |
Last Words of Michael Waldner 182389 | 355 |
List of Hutterite Colonies in North America | 359 |
Branching of Hutterite Colonies Dariusleut Lehrerleut and Schmiedeleut in North America 18741974 | 367 |
Selected Bibliography | 373 |
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