The Old German Baptist Brethren
Title | The Old German Baptist Brethren PDF eBook |
Author | Charles D. Thompson Jr. |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2010-10-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0252092651 |
Since arriving nearly 250 years ago in Franklin County, Virginia, German Baptists have maintained their faith and farms by relying on their tightly knit community for spiritual and economic support. Today, with their land and livelihoods threatened by the encroachment of neighboring communities, the construction of a new highway, and competition from corporate megafarms, the German Baptists find themselves forced to adjust. Charles D. Thompson Jr.'s The Old German Baptist Brethren combines oral history with ethnography and archival research--as well as his own family ties to the Franklin County community--to tell the story of the Brethren's faith on the cusp of impending change. The book traces the transformation of their operations from frontier subsistence farms to cash-based enterprises, connecting this with the wider confluence of agriculture and faith in colonial America. Using extensive interviews, Thompson looks behind the scenes at how individuals interpret their own futures in farming, their hope for their faith, and how the failure of religiously motivated agriculture figures in the larger story of the American farmer.
The Old German Baptist Brethren
Title | The Old German Baptist Brethren PDF eBook |
Author | Charles D. Thompson Jr. |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2006-04-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780252073434 |
Since arriving nearly 250 years ago in Franklin County, Virginia, German Baptists have maintained their faith and farms by relying on their tightly knit community for spiritual and economic support. Today, with their land and livelihoods threatened by the encroachment of neighboring communities, the construction of a new highway, and competition from corporate megafarms, the German Baptists find themselves forced to adjust. Charles D. Thompson Jr.'s The Old German Baptist Brethren combines oral history with ethnography and archival research--as well as his own family ties to the Franklin County community--to tell the story of the Brethren's faith on the cusp of impending change. The book traces the transformation of their operations from frontier subsistence farms to cash-based enterprises, connecting this with the wider confluence of agriculture and faith in colonial America. Using extensive interviews, Thompson looks behind the scenes at how individuals interpret their own futures in farming, their hope for their faith, and how the failure of religiously motivated agriculture figures in the larger story of the American farmer.
Old German Baptist Dress Pattern
Title | Old German Baptist Dress Pattern PDF eBook |
Author | Sharon a Lavy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 104 |
Release | 2014-10-24 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781941622049 |
While all men may be created equal...woman seem to come in all shapes and sizes. And all bodies deserve a well fitting pattern. Even...or perhaps especially...the sisters who wear a distinctive type of dress because of the ethnic or religious group to which they belong. This manual features the Old German Baptist Brethren dress pattern based on the experience of a small group of pattern makers.
Minutes of the Annual Meetings of the Old German Baptist Brethren from ...
Title | Minutes of the Annual Meetings of the Old German Baptist Brethren from ... PDF eBook |
Author | Old German Baptist Brethren |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | |
Genre | Church records and registers |
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A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America
Title | A History of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Grove Brumbaugh |
Publisher | |
Pages | 594 |
Release | 1910 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
On the Backroad to Heaven
Title | On the Backroad to Heaven PDF eBook |
Author | Donald B. Kraybill |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 358 |
Release | 2002-09-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780801870897 |
This first comparative study sketches the differences as well as the common threads that bind these groups together.
Directory of Old German Baptist Brethren: Indiana, Michigan
Title | Directory of Old German Baptist Brethren: Indiana, Michigan PDF eBook |
Author | Old German Baptist Brethren |
Publisher | |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1970* |
Genre | |
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