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Old Colony Mennonites in Argentina and Bolivia - 9789004160958

Un libro in lingua di Bottos Lorenzo Canas edito da Brill Academic Pub, 2008

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Drawing on fieldwork conducted in Argentina and Bolivia between 1996 and 2001, Cañás Bottos (social and cultural anthropology, Tallinn U., Estonia) examines the application of the Mennonites' Christian ideals for the "building of a community of believers" in the world while remaining separate from mainstream society. Coverage includes the development of the Mennonite ideological and social framework that defines and makes them "the people of Christ"; the relationship between Mennonite settlements and the processes of nation-state formation; the processes of schism and colony formation; interactions with non-Mennonites, and some resulting conflicts; how the Old Colony deals with membership issues; the roles of reading and writing among the Mennonites, particularly the usage of imaginations of the future to promote change; and how the Old Colony handles dissenters. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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