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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... Anabaptist movement , the radical left wing of the reformation . Within this movement were religious communities which came to be called Amish , Hutterite , and Mennonite , the latter of which followed two distinct historical streams.3 ...
... Anabaptist movement in the Netherlands in the 1550s , since it is from Dutch Anabaptism that the religious tradition of Russian Mennonites originates . 1 2 While our knowledge of the role of women in Dutch Anabaptism is very limited ...
... Anabaptist women in the Netherlands were well - versed in the Bible . They read theological documents and wrote ... Anabaptist meetings . " Lystyncx was said to have organized Anabaptist conventicles and is called a " prophetess ...
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