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's Societies in Canada Gloria Neufeld Redekop. Abbreviations CMC Conference of Mennonites in Canada MB Mennonite Brethren CWM Canadian Women in Mission KM Kirchliche Mennonite MCC Mennonite Central Committee WM Women in ...
... women , through which they have contributed vast amounts of energy , time , and financial resources to the mission activity of the church . Canadian Mennonite women , although restricted from leadership positions in the church ...
... women's societies and women's role in general . In the case of the Canadian Mennonite , indexing was incomplete , so ... Mission ( CWM ) 12 and provincial CMC women's societies ; histories that record the activities of each local society ...
... Women in Mission of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada , it signifies more than this : " It is a group that works together for a common goal ... whose members give each other friendship and support . " See Margaret Gossen Toews , ed ...
Mennonite Women's Societies in Canada Gloria Neufeld Redekop. names of missionaries who were supported by women's groups , amount of money spent on mission projects , and lists of mission projects undertaken . Although these stories of ...
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