The other side of joy : religious melancholy among the Bruderhof / Julius H. Rubin.

By:

Rubin, Julius H

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 264 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1429403756
9781429403757
1280529806
9781280529801
9780195353242
0195353242

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Other side of joy.DDC classification:

289.7/3 21

LOC classification:

BX8129.B65 R83 2000eb

Other classification:

11.55

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Contents:

The lengthened shadow of one man -- The thrall of Utopian illusions -- The revitalization of Bruderhof piety -- Surrendered to Jesus: varieties of religious melancholy -- Religious melancholy among other Anabaptist sects.

Summary: This is a case study of one pietist religious group, the Bruderhof. A Christian brotherhood founded on Anabaptist and evangelical pietist doctrine, they practice community of goods, seeking to emulate the vision of the Apostolic church and fulfil the ethic of brotherhood taught in the Sermon on the Mount. Rubin offers compelling accounts of the lives of Bruderhof apostates who foundered over issues of faith, and relates these crises to the central tenets of Bruderhof theology, their; spirituality, and community life.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index.

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This is a case study of one pietist religious group, the Bruderhof. A Christian brotherhood founded on Anabaptist and evangelical pietist doctrine, they practice community of goods, seeking to emulate the vision of the Apostolic church and fulfil the ethic of brotherhood taught in the Sermon on the Mount. Rubin offers compelling accounts of the lives of Bruderhof apostates who foundered over issues of faith, and relates these crises to the central tenets of Bruderhof theology, their; spirituality, and community life.

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