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Theoretical Implications of the Beachy Amish-Mennonites DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Th
Theoretical Implications of the Beachy Amish-Mennonites DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Cory Alexander Anderson Graduate Program in Rural Sociology The Ohio State University 2014 Dissertation Committee: Joseph Donnermeyer, Advisor Richard Moore Edward Crenshaw Copyrighted by Cory Alexander Anderson 2014 Abstract One of the hallmarks of social science is the interaction of theory and methods/data, the former guiding the latter and the latter refining the former, in a cyclical relationship. The goal of theory is to provide explanations for and even predict a range of human behaviors. One potential cause of theoretical stagnation is an over focus on a singular, usually easily accessible group. Given the persistence of plain Anabaptists like the Amish as a highly distinct subgroup in American society, their utility for refining sociological theories is persuasive, but has rarely been employed to this end because of their social inaccessibility, shyness towards social science research, and the popular interpretive frames placed on them that distract would-be investigators. Even with Amish-focused scholarship, the emphasis has been largely on describing the population or applying theory to understand the Amish case, but not returning findings back to theory in critique and revision. This dissertation introduces and contextualizes the plain Anabaptists, then describes the Beachy Amish-Mennonites, a group within the Amish religious tension, but dealing markedly with tensions between separatism and assimilation. Following this introduction are three independent studies that demonstrate the use of plain Anabaptists to refine theory. -
Center Plans Conference on Alexander Mack Jr
The Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College Spring 2012 Center plans conference on Alexander Mack Jr. To commemorate 300th birthday of important Brethren leader he Young Center will host “Pietist and Anabaptist election to ministry, Sander Mack gave pastoral lead- TIntersections in Pennsylvania: The Life and Influ- ership from 1749 until his death in 1803. He wrote ence of Alexander Mack Jr.” on June 6, 7, and 8, several doctrinal and devotional works, and his 2012. The conference will focus on the life of poetry expanded the body of Brethren hymn texts. Alexander Mack Jr., the most significant Brethren One goal of the conference is to expand the minister in the eighteenth century. understanding of Sander Mack’s influence on the Born in Schwarzenau, Germany, in 1712, Sander Brethren. Although he was an important minister in Mack, as he preferred to be called, lived with the the eighteenth century, little has been written about group from Schwarzenau during their temporary stay him in comparison to his father, the first minister of in the Netherlands and moved with them to Pennsyl- the Brethren. In 1912 Samuel Heckman published a vania in 1729, settling in Germantown. He became a book of many of Mack’s German poetic texts and member of the Ephrata Cloister, and then returned to prose translations, but he provided little commen- Germantown in 1748. He settled in Chestnut Hill, tary on the texts. Donald F. Durnbaugh and Edward married Elisabeth Neis and had a family of eight Quinter translated Mack’s daybook, which was pub- children, making his living as a weaver. -
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INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect repmduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscn'pt and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing fmm left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Photographs included in the original manusuipt have been reproduced xerographically in this copy. Higher quality 6' x 9' black and white photographic prints are available for any photographs or illustmtions appearing in this copy for an additional charge. Contact UMI directly to order. Bell 8 HowaH Information and Learning 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1346 USA EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MENNONITE CONFESSIONS OF FAITH: THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANABAPTIST TRADITION by Karl Peter Koop A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Theology of the University of St. Michae18s College and the Department of Theology of the Toronto School of Theology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Theology awarded by the University of St. -
The Changing Sociolinguistic Identities of the Beachy Amish- Mennonites
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies Volume 7 Issue 1 Special issue: The Beachy Amish- Article 12 Mennonite Churches 2019 The Changing Sociolinguistic Identities of the Beachy Amish- Mennonites Joshua Brown Follow this and additional works at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/amishstudies Part of the Linguistics Commons Please take a moment to share how this work helps you through this survey. Your feedback will be important as we plan further development of our repository. Recommended Citation Brown, Joshua R. 2019. "The Changing Sociolinguistic Identities of the Beachy Amish-Mennonites." Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies 7(1):19-31. This Original Research Article is brought to you for free and open access by IdeaExchange@UAkron, the institutional repository of The University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, USA. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies by an authorized administrator of IdeaExchange@UAkron. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. The Changing Sociolinguistic Identities of the Beachy Amish- Mennonites JOSHUA R. BROWN Associate Professor of German and Linguistics Department of Languages University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire Abstract: The study of Beachy Amish-Mennonite identities is a complex endeavor. As a loosely- organized fellowship, the Beachys have no overarching governing body that dictates symbols of their Anabaptist commitment to nonconformity. Often Beachys are described as existing on a religious continuum between the Old Order Amish and Mennonites, yet defining Beachys as what they are not does not adequately establish the religious identities that Beachys negotiate for themselves. This article addresses the negotiation of sociolinguistic identities—where language and religious identities intersect—alongside cultural change for two Beachy congregations in Central Pennsylvania. -
The Development of Missional Vision in a Midwestern Amish Mennonite Congregation a Ministry Focus Paper Submitted to the Faculty
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MISSIONAL VISION IN A MIDWESTERN AMISH MENNONITE CONGREGATION A MINISTRY FOCUS PAPER SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE DOCTOR OF MINISTRY BY SAMUEL EAKES MATTHEWS NOVEMBER 2001 UMI Number: 3030145 UMf UMI Microform 3030145 Copyright 2002 by Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company 300 North Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, M148106-1346 Ministry Focus Paper Approval Sheet This ministry focus paper entitled THE DEVELOPMENT OF MISSIONAL VISION IN A MIDWESTERN AMISH MENNONITE CONGREGATION Written by SAMUEL EAKES MATTHEWS and submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Ministry has been accepted by the Faculty of Fuller Theological Seminary upon the recommendation of the undersigned readers: Date Received: November 13, 2001 Abstract The Development of Missional Vision in a Midwestern hDish Mennonite Congregation Samuel Eakes Matthews Doctor of Ministry 2001 School of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary This study examines the development of missionary vision within Pleasant View Church (PVC), a Beachy Amish Mennonite fellowship, and hopes to provide pertinent analysis to its ministry team as they seek to discern God's leading for the church. It argues that the separatist heritage of Plain Anabaptism exemplified by PVC represents a viable missionary ecclesiology for an increasingly postmodern context. Most Plain Anabaptist groups have seen considerable growth in recent years, due partly to procreation rates and retention of youth. -
Analysis of Hutterite Breastfeeding Patterns
University of Montana ScholarWorks at University of Montana Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers Graduate School 2006 Analysis of Hutterite breastfeeding patterns Christine Smith The University of Montana Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Smith, Christine, "Analysis of Hutterite breastfeeding patterns" (2006). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 5556. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/5556 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Maureen and Mike MANSFIELD LIBRARY The University of Montana Permission is granted by the author to reproduce this material in its entirety, provided that this material is used for scholarly purposes and is properly cited in published works and reports. **Please check "Yes" or "No" and provide signature** Yes, I grant permission \f No, I do not grant permission______ Author's Signature: . Date: .^Q|/q (/> Any copying for commercial purposes or financial gain may be undertaken only with the author's explicit consent. AN ANALYSIS OF HUTTERITE BREASTFEEDING PATTERNS by Christine Smith B.A. University of Montana, 1999 presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts The University of Montana May 2006 Approved by rperson Dean, Graduate School Date UMI Number: EP41020 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. -
What Are the Plain Anabaptists? -- Anderson
Who Are the Plain Anabaptists? What Are the Plain Anabaptists? -- Anderson Who Are the Plain Anabaptists? What Are the Plain Anabaptists? Cory Anderson1 OSU Presidential Fellow and Doctoral Candidate in Rural Sociology School of Environment and Natural Resources The Ohio State University Abstract: I define the plain Anabaptists by answering two essential questions: “Who are the plain Anabaptists” and “What are the plain Anabaptists?” In asking “Who are the plain Anabaptists?” I investigate several dimensions of identity. First, I trace the history of seven religious traditions within Anabaptism: the Swiss Brethren/Mennonites, the Low German/Russian Mennonites, the Hutterites, the Amish, the Brethren, the Apostolic Christian Churches, and the Bruderhof. Second, I explore three categories of people in each group—mainline, conservative, and Old Order—describing the last two as “plain.” Third, I explore scales and indices on which plainness is measured, as well as other measures of who the plain Anabaptist people are. In asking “What are the plain Anabaptists?” I define several ways social scientists conceptualize and describe the plain Anabaptists. I organize the sundry definitions and frames under three categories: the plain Anabaptists as a religious group, as an ethnicity, and as a social system. Keywords: Mennonite, Amish, Brethren, Hutterite, Apostolic Christian, Bruderhof, religious traditions, ethnicity, social system 26 | Page Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, Volume 1, Issue 1 (April), 2013 Introduction The inauguration -
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEWS Horse-and-Buggy Genius: Listening to Mennonites Contest the Modern World. By Royden Loewen. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press. 2016. Pp. 243. $31.95, U.S.; $27.95, Can. Royden Loewen’s Horse-and-Buggy Genius: Listening to Mennonites Contest the Modern World is the result of a three-year oral history project undertaken to study how the Old Order Mennonites of Ontario, Canada, and Old Colony Mennonites of Latin America have resisted modernity. Both subject groups are linked to Canada. While the Old Order Mennonites have been residents of southern Ontario for generations, their Old Colony counterparts left Canada in the early part of the twentieth century to seek religious freedom in Mexico and then, eventually, to Belize, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Both groups share a commitment to keeping their lives technologically simple and living their beliefs in farming communities close to nature, separated from modern, mainstream society. Their stories of faith and resistance make this work fascinating reading. The first two chapters of Horse-and-Buggy Genius focus on the Old Order Mennonites. The first chapter, “Changelessness in Canada’s Heartland,” introduces the Old Order Mennonites, who have lived for decades surrounded by modern Canadian society and have confronted social change head on. According to Loewen, the stories community members recounted to him and his team of graduate and undergraduate researchers focused on daily farm life and family interaction, making clear the importance of farm and family to faith along with the challenges posed by even small technological innovations. In the second chapter, “A New Orthodoxy in Backwoods Ontario,” he explores the lives of Orthodox Old Order Mennonites, who left the Waterloo Old Order Mennonite community to found a new community in Gorrie, Ontario, that restricts technology more than the parent group has done, in effect turning back the clock to a simpler way of life. -
A Socio-Religious Introduction to the Apostolic Churches in North America
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies Volume 6 Issue 1 Special section: The Apostolic Christian Article 3 / Nazarene Churches 2018 A Socio-Religious Introduction to the Apostolic Churches in North America Cory Anderson Follow this and additional works at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/amishstudies Part of the Sociology Commons Please take a moment to share how this work helps you through this survey. Your feedback will be important as we plan further development of our repository. Recommended Citation Anderson, Cory. 2018. "A Socio-Religious Introduction to the Apostolic Churches in North America." Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies 6(1):26-60. This Original Research Article is brought to you for free and open access by IdeaExchange@UAkron, the institutional repository of The University of Akron in Akron, Ohio, USA. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies by an authorized administrator of IdeaExchange@UAkron. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. A Socio-Religious Introduction to the Apostolic Churches in North America Cory Anderson Assistant Professor of Sociology and Geography Department of Society and Environment Truman State University Research Associate Department of Plant Pathology The Ohio State University—Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center Abstract The Apostolic Christian Churches descend from the religious revivals instigated under the leadership of Samuel Fröhlich in 1830s Switzerland. Fusing Anabaptist thought into his revival through contact with Mennonites, Fröhlich’s movement constitutes a distinct religious tradition within the larger Anabaptist movement. Research about this Anabaptist tradition has remained sparse. This article helps introduce the Apostolics to a scholarly audience. -
Investigating the Internal Dynamics of the Old Order Migration Process
Circle Letters, Produce Auctions, and Softball Games: Investigating the Internal Dynamics of the Old Order Migration Process A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of Ohio University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts Kenneth D. Shonkwiler May 2014 © 2014 Kenneth D. Shonkwiler. All Rights Reserved. 2 This thesis titled Circle Letters, Produce Auctions, and Softball Games: Investigating the Internal Dynamics of the Old Order Migration Process by KENNETH D. SHONKWILER has been approved for the Department of Geography and the College of Arts and Sciences by Timothy G. Anderson Associate Professor of Geography Robert Frank Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 3 ABSTRACT SHONKWILER, KENNETH D., M.A, May 2014. Geography Circle Letter, Produce Auctions, and Softball Games: Investigating the Internal Dynamics of the Old Order Migration Process Director of Thesis: Timothy G. Anderson Currently, the Old Order Anabaptist population is one of the fastest growing religious groups in the United States. As members decide to continue with their socio- religious traditions, they become faced with the heightened possibility of migrating to a new settlement area, leaving the communities in which their groups have inhabited for close to two centuries. Semi-structured interviews and one oral history were carried out with thirteen members of a newly formed Stauffer Mennonite community in Ohio. Results of this study revealed that social networks were instrumental in the migration process. Strong personal ties characterized their network connections, providing ethnically-specific resources, information, and entrance into the destination area. Through their social status within the community, “pioneer” migrants acted with relative degrees of agency within the network connections of subsequent individuals, regardless of their own connection to individuals. -
The Effects of Fundamentalism on the Conservative Mennonite Movement
Creating A Timeless Tradition: The Effects of Fundamentalism on the Conservative Mennonite Movement by Andrew C. Martin A thesis presented to the University of Waterloo and Conrad Grebel University College in fulfillment of the thesis requirement for the degree of Master of Theological Studies Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2007 © Andrew Martin, 2007 Author’s Declaration I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. ii Abstract Revivalism and fundamentalism were significant forces that greatly influenced the life and theology of North American Mennonites during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. After World War II, the (Old) Mennonite Church began to make a significant shift away from fundamentalism. The Conservative Mennonite movement began in the 1950s in protest against the theological and sociological changes taking place in the Mennonite Church, particularly the loss of fundamentalist doctrines. This thesis traces the influences of fundamentalism as they were adopted early in the twentieth century by the Mennonite Church and came to fulfillment in the founding of the Conservative Mennonite movement. By looking at the history of the (Old) Mennonites in North America and the development of Protestant fundamentalism, this thesis provides a theological analysis of the influence of fundamentalism on the Conservative Mennonite movement. iii Acknowledgements I want to acknowledge some of the people who have assisted and supported me in researching and writing this thesis. Special thanks to my supervisor Arnold Snyder for the probing questions, gentle guidance and enduring patience and faith that this was a worthy endeavor. -
Book Catalog (PDF)
LOT 1 The Dionne Quintuplets – We're Two Years Old The Little House on the Prairie Wilder Boy-Craft for boys 10 to 16 years old 1928 Toy Craft Baxter Christian Pathway 1968 – 1972 (not complete ) R&S Publishers LOT 2 Christian Examples 1971 – 1988 R&S Publishers LOT 3 World Book Encyclopedia 1968 LOT 4 Chain Reference Bible with notebook The Living Bible LOT 5 World Book Encyclopedia dictionary ( 2 volumes ) 1968 LOT 6 Titanic Voices – stories about the Titanic disaster hardcover At the Controls ( The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum) hardcover Life Magazines – 9 issues from the 1960's and 1970's LOT 7 Youth Messenger Jan 1968 – July 1968 Brotherhood Builder July 1992 – October 2011; includes Index LOT 8 15 Child craft books 1968 ( printed with the World Book encyclopedia) LOT 9 Paramount – as I remember it 50 years ago Lewis Coss Shank Cemeteries Adin Showalter The Pleasant Grove School 1870 – 1925 Preston Showalter The Mennonites of the Beaver Creek District Roy Showalter The Marion Mennonite Congregation Clarence Shank The Strasburg Meetinghouse Burkholder The History of Maugansville 1949 8th and 9th grade students at Maugansville School The New Eden School 1884-1937 Anna Diller Strite Mennonite Bishops, Ministers, and Deacons hardcover Highlights in the History of the Mennonites from the Washington Co. Bishop District Paul Fretz Potomac Magazine – Life in the Heart of America summer 1994 These Are Your Schools – Washington County, MD 1945 The History of Leitersburg MD in a Bicentennial Quilt 1976 Long Meadow Remembered 1730's