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This book is both an attempt to understand the role which ritual has played for five centuries in the evolution of the Hutterian culture, and a refinement of our understanding of ritual itself. The first section of the book describes the history of the Hutterites as a wandering and persecuted people. The symbols which emerge from the historical era link the first half and the second half of the work together. The second half of the book is an examination of the Hutterite expansion process of today (colony-fission) and the role which ritual plays in it. In the Epilogue the author analyzes the evolution of Hutterian culture as an example of the evolution of a self-simplifying system. Contents: The Birth and Rebirth of the Taufer; Communal Life and the Hutterites; Towards a Structural Analysis of Hutterite History and Symbols of Rebirth; Hutterite Life in North America; Growth and Colony Fission; Hutterian Ethos and Eidos; The Proximity of Belief: Space and the Symbolism of Antimaterialism.
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Peter H. Stephenson is Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Victoria, B.C. Canada.
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...it will serve as a valuable resource in understanding the role of religious beliefs and observances in Hutterite life and cultural persistence. (Mennonite Quarterly Review)
...filled with useful information about aesthetics, economics, and communal relationships. (Religious Studies Review)
...filled with useful information about aesthetics, economics, and communal relationships. (Religious Studies Review)
...it will serve as a valuable resource in understanding the role of religious beliefs and observances in Hutterite life and cultural persistence. (Mennonite Quarterly Review)
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- PublisherUniv Pr of Amer
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0819179868
- ISBN 13 9780819179869
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages282
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The Hutterian People
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University Press of America, U.S.A., 1990
ISBN 10: 0819179868
ISBN 13: 9780819179869
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The Hutterian People: Ritual and Rebirth in the Evolution of Communal Life
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University Press of America, Inc. / The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, USA, 1991
ISBN 10: 0819179868
ISBN 13: 9780819179869
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Hardcover. Condition: USED_GOOD. First Edition. 272 pages. Bibliography. Index. "The Hutterian Brethren are the most successful example of communal society historically known. Although their numbers have fluctuated widely mainly due to persecution and migration over the past 465 years, with the exception of several brief lapses into collective apostasy, they have sustained a communal existence throught that period." - Prologue. Former library copy with relatively few markings and very light wear to maroon boards lettered in gilt. Binding tight. No dust jacket, apparently as issued. A quality copy. Seller Inventory # 453h4355
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