The Work of Their Hands: Mennonite Women’s Societies in CanadaWilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 16. okt. 1996 - 172 sider Impelled by a call to share their gifts through service, Russian Mennonite women immigrating to Canada organized their own church societies (Vereine) as avenues of mission and spiritual strengthening. For women who were restricted from leadership positions within the church, these societies became the primary avenue of church involvement. Through them they contributed vast amounts of energy, time and financial resources to the mission activity of the church. The societies thus became a context in which women could speak, pray and creatively give expression to their own understanding of the biblical message. Using primary sources such as reports, letters, minutes, etc., as well as society histories, interviews and survey data, Redekop charts the development of these societies, from the establishment of the earliest ones in the 1870s to their flowering in the fifties and sixties and their decline in the eighties and nineties. The Work of Their Hands elucidates the context in which Mennonite women lived their identity as Christian women, one considered appropriate by themselves and the institutional church. It also shows how changes to the societies, including declining membership and a shift in their primary focus from sewing and baking to one of spiritual fellowship, reflect the changing roles of women within the church, the home and the wider society. The Work of Their Hands is an important book in the history of Mennonite women’s spirituality and will be a valuable resource for religious studies, women’s studies and Canadian history. |
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... Canadian Women in Mission KM Kirchliche Mennonite MCC Mennonite Central Committee WM Women in Mission WMA Women's Missionary Association Women's Association WA Preface Several years ago , when I first decided to xiii Abbreviations.
... first decided to examine the role of Mennonite women in the church , I realized that this could not be done without looking first at the role of Mennonite women's Vereine ( the German word for " societies " ) . The story of these ...
... first , known as Swiss Mennonites , originated in Switzerland , emigrated to Pennsylvania in the late 1600s and later to Ontario . A second stream , designated Russian Mennonites , originated in the Netherlands , went east to Prussia in ...
... first year of the first immigration period ( 1874 ) and the last year of the last immigration period ( 1952 ) . 8 The decision to concentrate on women's societies in churches established during the immigration periods is related to ...
... first years of Russian Mennonite immigration to Canada until the time of the survey in 1988 , and into the 1990s . Part One sets the history of Vereine within the broader field of women's history and discusses the European background of ...
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