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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... God . These gendered societies functioned as a parallel church , becoming a context in which women could speak , pray , and creatively give expression to their own understanding of the biblical message . This is the story of women's ...
... God and thus , through their societies , could claim to be an integral part of the church body . The Woman's Auxiliary to ... God's call , a call which was based on their own choice of biblical texts which gave direction to their groups ...
... God : Canadian Presbyterian Women and India Missions , 1876-1914 ( Toronto : University of Toronto Press . 1990 ) . 9 Brouwer , New Women for God . 10 Gagan , A Sensitive Independence . 11 Alison Kemper , " Deaconess as Urban Missionary ...
... God and our brethren must be considered first of all . " From these few references to women in Menno Simons ' writings , we can gather that he believed women's primary role was in the home , that women should be supportive of their ...
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