Hutterite Society

Front Cover
JHU Press, Jun 23, 1997 - Religion - 403 pages

Written 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
Index
393
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

About the author (1997)

John A. Hostetler (1918–2001) is author of the best-selling Amish Society and the widely acclaimed Hutterite Society, both available from Johns Hopkins. Raised in the Amish faith, he was founding director of the Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and a former professor of anthropology and sociology at Temple University.