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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... Mennonite women organized their own church societies , which they called ... Brethren ( MB ) . These Mennonite groups had their origins in the 1500s in ... Manitoba and Saskatchewan Mennonites , was established in 1903. The MB , a church ...
... Mennonites could be a ... Manitoba ; Mennonite Heritage Centre ( CMC archives ) in Winnipeg , Manitoba ... Brethren Herald , Mennonitische Rundschau ( German Russian Mennonite periodical ) , the Canadian Mennonite 2 The Work of Their Hands.
Mennonite Women's Societies in Canada Gloria Neufeld Redekop. ( German Russian Mennonite ... Church in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , and gained access to reports of ... Manitoba , I examined archival material of the Women's Conference of the ...
... Manitoba 54 44 78 31 19 61 Ontario 36 13 36 14 5 36 TOTAL 190 116 61 114 72 1243 63 The survey tool served as a useful primary source in that a whole new body of knowledge about Mennonite ... church was part of a church woman's society . It ...
... Mennonite immigration to Canada , many Mennonite women's groups were called ... Brethren Church ( Fresno : General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches ... Manitoba , and Ontario . Only CMC and MB women's societies in these provinces ...
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