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This case study examines the history of the Netherlandic Mennonite
community living in and around Hamburg after the Thirty Years War.
Based on detailed archival research, it expands the scope of
Radical Reformation studies to include the confessional age (c.
1550-1750). During this period Mennonites had to conform
politically while trying to preserve many of the nonconformist
ideals of their forebears, such as the refusal to baptize children,
bear arms and swear solemn oaths. The research presented in
Obedient Heretics will, therefore, be of interest to scholars of
minority communities in addition to those concerned with the
Reformation's legacy, confessionalization and confessional
identity.
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The Mormon Culture of Salvation presents a comprehensive study of
Mormon cultural and religious life, offering important new theories
of Mormonism - one of the fastest growing movements and thought by
many to be the next world religion. Bringing social, scientific and
theological perspectives to bear on the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, Douglas Davies draws from theology, history of
religions, anthropology, sociology and psychology to present a
unique example of a truly interdisciplinary analysis in religious
studies. Examining the many aspects of Mormon belief, ritual,
family life and history, this book presents a new interpretation of
the origin of Mormonism, arguing that Mormonism is rooted in the
bereavement experience of Joseph Smith, which influenced the
development of temple ritual for the dead and the genealogical work
of many Mormon families. Davies shows how the Mormon commitment to
work for salvation relates to current Mormon belief in conversion,
and to traditional Christian ideas of grace. The Mormon Culture of
Salvation is an important work for Mormons and non-Mormons alike,
offering fresh insights into how Mormons see the world and work for
their future glory in heavenly realms. Written by a non-Mormon with
over 30 years' research experience into Mormonism, this book is
essential reading for those seeking insights into new
interdisciplinary forms of analysis in religion, as well as all
those studying or interested in Mormonism and world religions.
Douglas J. Davies is Professor in the Study of Religion in the
Department of Theology, Durham University, UK. He is the author of
many books including Death, Ritual and Belief (Cassell, 1997),
Mormon Identities in Transition (Cassell, 1994), Mormon
Spirituality (1987), and Meaning and Salvation in Religious Studies
(Brill, 1984).
Natacha Tormey was born into the infamous religious cult known as
The Children of God. Abused, exploited, and brainwashed by 'The
Family', Natacha's childhood was stolen. Born to French hippy
parents attracted to the religious movement by the unusual mix of
evangelical Christianity, free love and rejection of the
mainstream, from an early age Natacha was brainwashed to believe
she had a special destiny - that she was part of an elite
children's army bestowed with superpowers that would one day save
the world from the Anti-Christ. Torn away from their parents,
Natacha and her siblings were beaten on a daily basis and forced to
sing and dance for entertainment in prisons and malls. Natacha
never expected to live to adulthood. At the age of 18 Natacha
escaped, but quickly found herself hurtling through a world she had
no understanding of. Alone, and grappling to come to terms with an
unbelievable sense of betrayal, she was stuck in a kind of limbo -
confused and unable to feel part of either way of life. Natacha is
one of the lucky ones; not all of her family survived the battle to
shed the shame and pain of their past. To date over 40 ex-Children
of God members of Natacha's generation have committed suicide. All
Natacha ever wanted was to feel normal, but escaping the cult was
only the beginning. Shocking, moving, but ultimately inspiring,
this is Natacha's full story; it is both a personal tale of trauma
and recovery, and an expose of the secret world of abuse hidden
behind commune walls.
In popular culture and scholarship, a consistent trope about
Mormonism is that it features a propensity for violence, born of
the religion's theocratic impulses and the antinomian tendencies of
special revelation. Mormonism and Violence critically assesses the
relationship of Mormonism and violence through a close examination
of Mormon history and scripture, focusing on the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Element pays special attention to
violence in the Book of Mormon and the history of the movement,
from the 1830s to the present.
D. Duane Cummins describes this book as ""an appreciative
biography""; Cummins' approach combines the warmth of personal
acquaintance with a lucid and well-researched account of
Teegarden's life. Kenneth Teegarden was born in Cushing, Oklahoma,
in 1921, ""a fourth-generation Oklahoman and a sixth-generation
Disciple,"" and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) never
lost its importance in his life. Teegarden served as general
minister and president of the Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) for many years. He was a central figure in planning and
explaining the new ""design"" of the church through the Commission
for Brotherhood Restructure and was ""a powerful and constant
advocate of peace with justice,"" working toward the passage of
peace resolutions and encouraging racial integration in the battle
for civil rights. Kenneth Teegarden was minister in residence at
the Brite Divinity School after he resigned as general minister and
president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and he
continued to teach and mentor students, parishioners, friends, and
family until his death in 2002.
By the election year of 1844, Joseph Smith, the controversial
founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, had
amassed a national following of some 25,000 believers. Nearly half
of them lived in the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, where Smith was not
only their religious leader but also the mayor and the
commander-in-chief of a militia of some 2,500 men. In less than
twenty years, Smith had helped transform the American religious
landscape and grown his own political power substantially. Yet the
standing of the Mormon people in American society remained
unstable. Unable to garner federal protection, and having failed to
win the support of former president Martin Van Buren or any of the
other candidates in the race, Smith decided to take matters into
his own hands, launching his own bid for the presidency. While many
scoffed at the notion that Smith could come anywhere close to the
White House, others regarded his run-and his religion-as a threat
to the stability of the young nation. Hounded by mobs throughout
the campaign, Smith was ultimately killed by one-the first
presidential candidate to be assassinated. Though Joseph Smith's
run for president is now best remembered-when it is remembered at
all-for its gruesome end, the renegade campaign was revolutionary.
Smith called for the total abolition of slavery, the closure of the
country's penitentiaries, and the reestablishment of a national
bank to stabilize the economy. But Smith's most important proposal
was for an expansion of protections for religious minorities. At a
time when the Bill of Rights did not apply to individual states,
Smith sought to empower the federal government to protect
minorities when states failed to do so. Spencer W. McBride tells
the story of Joseph Smith's quixotic but consequential run for the
White House and shows how his calls for religious freedom helped to
shape the American political system we know today.
With notes that expound on ideas or share insights, and key
concepts before each chapter, this book is a useful tool for
students of all ages. Quickly and easily gain a better grasp on the
stories, timelines, and relationships within "the keystone of our
religion" with this book that's perfect for the whole family.
HONOURING THE DECLARATION provides academic resources to help The
United Church of Canada and other Canadian denominations enact
their commitment to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples and offers a framework for reconciliation between
Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Featuring essays
from scholars working from a range of disciplines, including
religious studies, Indigenous legal studies, Christian theology and
ethics, Biblical studies, Indigenous educational leadership within
the United Church, and social activism, the collection includes
both Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices, all of whom respond
meaningfully to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to
Action. The texts explore some of the challenges that accepting the
UN Declaration as a framework poses to the United Church and other
Canadian denominations, and provides academic reflection on how
these challenges can be met. These reflections include concrete
proposals for steps that Canadian denominations and their
seminaries need to take in light of their commitment to the
Declaration, a study of a past attempt of the United Church to be
in solidarity with Indigenous peoples, and discussions of ethical
concepts and theological doctrines that can empower and guide the
church in living out this commitment.
This book shows that new centers of Christianity have taken root in
the global south. Although these communities were previously poor
and marginalized, Stephen Offutt illustrates that they are now
socioeconomically diverse, internationally well connected, and
socially engaged. Offutt argues that local and global religious
social forces, as opposed to other social, economic, or political
forces, are primarily responsible for these changes.
Originally published in 1920, this book presents an account of the
Brownist movement in Norwich and Norfolk at around 1580. Notes are
incorporated throughout and previously unseen historical sources
are discussed. This book will be of value to anyone with an
interest in the Brownists and sixteenth-century religious history.
Nestor Makhno has been called a revolutionary anarchist, a peasant
rebel, the Ukrainian Robin Hood, a mass-murderer, a pogromist, and
a devil. These epithets had their origins in the Russian Civil War
(1917-1921), where the military forces of the peasant-anarchist
Nestor Makhno and Mennonite colonists in southern Ukraine came into
conflict. In autumn 1919, Makhnovist troops and local peasant
sympathizers murdered more than 800 Mennonites in a series of
large-scale massacres. The history of that conflict has been
fraught with folklore, ideological battles and radically divergent
cultural memories, in which fact and fiction often seamlessly
blend, conjuring a multitude of Makhnos, each one shouting its
message over the other. Drawing on theories of collective memory
and narrative analysis, Makhno and Memory brings a vast array of
Makhnovist and Mennonite sources into dialogue, including memoirs,
histories, diaries, newspapers, and archival material. A diversity
of perspectives are brought into relief through the personal
reminiscences of Makhno and his anarchist sympathizers alongside
Mennonite pacifists and advocates for armed self-defense. Through a
meticulous analysis of the Makhnovist-Mennonite conflict and a
micro-study of the Eichenfeld massacre of October 1919, Sean
Patterson attempts to make sense of the competing cultural memories
and presents new ways of thinking about Makhno and his movement.
Makhno and Memory offers a convincing reframing of the Mennonite /
Makhno relationship that will force a scholarly reassessment of
this period.
This is the first comprehensive account in English of the most
feared and the most mysterious of medieval heretics. A crusade was
launched to uproot them in the south of France, the Inquisition was
developed to suppress them, and St Dominic founded his friars to
preach against them. Their history and that of the medieval Church
are inextricably mingled.
This book puts the Cathars back into the context where they
belong - that of medieval Catholicism. It studies the rise and fall
of the heresy from the twelfth-century Rhineland to
fifteenth-century Bosnia and the Church's counteraction, peaceful
and violent. Within the exposition, Italian Cathars are given their
rightful place, a chapter is devoted to the puzzle of the Bosnian
Church, and perspective is given to Le Roy Ladurie's brilliant but
wayward "Montaillou," A final survey assesses the legacy of a
heresy which still exerts its strange fascination.
This book combines scholarly investigation with lucid narrative.
It is, in short, historical writing at its best and likely to
become the definitive account of a subject of enduring interest and
importance.
To this day, churchgoing Mormons report that they hear from their
fellow congregants in Sunday meetings that African-Americans are
the accursed descendants of Cain whose spirits-due to their lack of
spiritual mettle in a premortal existence-were destined to come to
earth with a "curse" of black skin. This claim can be made in many
Mormon Sunday Schools without fear of contradiction. You are more
likely to encounter opposition if you argue that the ban on the
ordination of Black Mormons was a product of human racism. Like
most difficult subjects in Mormon history and practice, says Joanna
Brooks, the priesthood and temple ban on Blacks has been managed
carefully in LDS institutional settings with a combination of
avoidance, denial, selective truth-telling, and determined silence.
As America begins to come to terms with the costs of white
privilege to Black lives, this book urges a soul-searching
examination of the role American Christianity has played in
sustaining everyday white supremacy by assuring white people of
their innocence. In Mormonism and White Supremacy, Joanna Brooks
offers an unflinching look at her own people's history and culture
and finds in them lessons that will hit home for every scholar of
American religion and person of faith.
What is Mormonism? A Student's Introduction is an easy-to-read and
informative overview of the religion founded by Joseph Smith in
1830. This short and lively book covers Mormonism's history, core
beliefs, rituals, and devotional practices, as well as the impact
on the daily lives of its followers. The book focuses on the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Salt Lake City-based
church that is the largest and best-known expression of Mormonism,
whilst also exploring lesser known churches that claim descent from
Smith's original revelations. Designed for undergraduate religious
studies and history students, What is Mormonism? provides a
reliable and easily digestible introduction to a steadily growing
religion that continues to befuddle even learned observers of
American religion and culture.
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