Eberhard Arnold: Writings Selected with an Introduction

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Orbis Books, 2000 - Religion - 159 pages
The essential writings and vision of Eberhard Arnold, the founder of the Bruderhof community, whose admirers included Thomas Merton and Thich Nhat Hanh.

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Contents

Acknowledgments
9
GODS REVOLUTION
29
THE NEW JUSTICE
42
Copyright

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About the author (2000)

Johann Christoph Arnold was born in Great Britain on November 14, 1940 to German refugees. He spent his childhood in South America, where his parents found asylum during the war, before immigrating to the United States in 1955. He was a senior pastor of the Bruderhof, a movement of Christian communities, for forty-three years. He was a speaker and writer on marriage, parenting, and end-of-life issues. He wrote a dozen books include Why Forgive?, Rich in Years, Their Name Is Today, Seeking Peace, Cries from the Heart, Be Not Afraid, Why Children Matter, and Sex, God and Marriage. He and paralyzed police officer Steven McDonald started the Breaking the Cycle program, which works with students at public high schools to promote reconciliation through forgiveness. He also served as chaplain for the local sheriff's department. Arnold died from cancer on April 15, 2017 at the age of 76.

Bibliographic information

TitleEberhard Arnold: Writings Selected with an Introduction
Modern spiritual masters series
AuthorEberhard Arnold
EditorJohann Christoph Arnold
ContributorJohann Christoph Arnold
PublisherOrbis Books, 2000
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 15, 2009
ISBN1570753040, 9781570753046
Length159 pages
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