"On the Backroad to Heaven" is a unique guidebook to the world
of Old Order Anabaptist groups. Focusing on four Old Order
communities--the Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and
Brethren--Donald B. Kraybill and Carl Desportes Bowman provide a
fascinating overview of their culture, growth, and distinctive way
of life. Following a general introduction to Old Order culture,
they show how each group uses a different strategy to create and
sustain its identity. The Hutterites, for example, keep themselves
geographically segregated from the larger society, whereas the
Brethren interact more freely with it. The Amish and Mennonites are
more alike in how they engage the outside world, adopting a complex
but flexible strategy of compromise that produces an evolving canon
of social and religious rules. This first comparative study
sketches the differences as well as the common threads that bind
these groups together.
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