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1. God's Revolution: Justice, Community, and the Coming Kingdom by Eberhard Arnold, Bruderhof | |
Paperback: 204
Pages
(1997-06)
list price: US$12.00 -- used & new: US$7.44 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0874860911 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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Absolutely MUST reading!!!
Powerful Selections |
2. Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof by Markus Baum | |
Paperback: 301
Pages
(1998-05)
list price: US$14.00 -- used & new: US$16.99 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0874869536 Average Customer Review: Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
Editorial Review Product Description Baum's highly readable account examines the forces thatshaped Arnold's life. He recreates a colorful era when thousands ofyoung men and women in Weimar Germany rejected conventional mores andstruck out on a different path. Arnold, a young and aspiring writerand speaker, played a prominent role in this "Youth Movement," butlater left the limelight to live the answers he had found, starting asmall community based on Christ's teachings and example. Againstthe Wind shows Arnold's wide-ranging influence on other spiritualleaders of his day, his lonely stand against the rise of Nazism, andhis continuing legacy - the Bruderhof community movement - which makeshis life as relevant today as ever. Customer Reviews (1)
Fresh perspective |
3. The joyful community: An account of the Bruderhof, a communal movement now in its third generation (A Phoenix book) by Benjamin David Zablocki | |
Paperback: 362
Pages
(1980)
list price: US$5.95 -- used & new: US$98.29 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0226977498 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
4. Torches Rekindled : The Bruderhof's Struggle for Renewal by Merrill Mow | |
Paperback: 339
Pages
(1991-12-31)
-- used & new: US$5.93 (price subject to change: see help) Asin: 0874860326 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
5. Youth Movement to Bruderhof: Letters and Diaries of Annemarie Arnold nee Wachter by ed. Hutterian Brethern | |
Paperback: 234
Pages
(1986)
Isbn: 0874861837 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
6. BROTHERS UNITE, an account of the uniting of Eberhard Arnold and the Rhon Bruderhof with the Hutterian Church, based on the diary of his journey to North America 1930-31 and letters written between 1928 and 1935 by Eberhard Arnold | |
Hardcover: 384
Pages
(1988)
Isbn: 0874860237 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
7. Children's Education in Community: The Basis of Bruderhof Education by Eberhard Arnold | |
Paperback: 68
Pages
(1976-06)
list price: US$6.00 Isbn: 0874861640 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
8. Torches Extinguished: Memories of a Communal Bruderhof Childhood in Paraguay, Europe and the U. S. A. (Women from Utopia Series) by Elizabeth Bohlken-Zumpe | |
Paperback: 330
Pages
(1993-07)
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A must read for all serious students of Hutterianism.
Torches Extinguished The title says everything to the reader
history of the Bruderhof from another angle |
9. Community in Paraguay: A Visit to the Bruderhof by Bob Wagoner, Shirley Wagoner | |
Paperback: 303
Pages
(1991-11)
list price: US$7.50 Isbn: 0874860334 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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10. Witness of the Brothers: A History of the Bruderhof by Yaacov Oved | |
Hardcover: 342
Pages
(1996-01-01)
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One-sided pro-Bruderhuf praise after a nice start |
11. Living in Community, a Way to True Brotherhood (A letter from the Society of Brothers also called the Bruderhof united with the Brothers called Hutterians) by Annemarie Arnold Heini Arnold | |
Paperback: 18
Pages
(1974)
Isbn: 0874861217 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
12. Community in Paraguay, a Visit to the Bruderhof. Illustrations By Leslie Holland by Bob And Shirley Wagoner Wagoner | |
Paperback:
Pages
(1991-01-01)
Asin: B003S9D9ZI Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
13. Seeking for the Kingdom of God: Origins of the Bruderhof Communities by Eberhard Arnold | |
Hardcover: 304
Pages
(1974)
Isbn: 0874861330 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
14. Cast out in the world: From the Bruderhof communities to a life on her own (Women from Utopia series) by Miriam Arnold Holmes | |
Paperback: 307
Pages
(1997)
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Miriam Arnold is one fiesty woman.
How Unforgiveness can really ruin a Persons Life
written from the heart with guts
This book actually doesn't deserve 1 star... |
15. The Other Side of Joy: Religious Melancholy among the Bruderhof by Julius Rubin | |
Hardcover: 288
Pages
(2000-03-09)
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flawed analysis
I would suggest reading this
Useful History...What About Now? The Bruderhof have existed for seventy years. In that short span they have migrated across three continents; suffered the vicissitudes of the Nazi's, xenophobia of their host countries, exile in the Paraguayan jungle; and have attempted to maintain a clarity of vision throughout.The group has been wracked by internal power struggles, as well as schisms with the other like-minded organizations.There has been tragic human fallout from these episodes. Rubin extrapolates from this history, using as his primary sourcesthe testimonies of those who were expelled from, or who left the community during its most tumultuous times, in order to present a psycho-socio portrait of the Bruderhof.It's a compelling picture. Rubin makes serious charges against the Bruderhof:The Bruderhof are a closed, authoritarian group who are enthralled by a cult of personality.The Bruderhof are relentless in their persecution of those who dissent from their vision. The Bruderhof are hypocritical. The Bruderhof are abusive. The Bruderhof are sexually repressed, and thus warp their children.The Bruderhof are intolerant of modern psychology, and prefer exorcism to therapy. Rubin provides historical evidence for each of these charges. Rubin suggests that the Bruderhof are liable for "Anfechtung" (feelings of sinful alienation from God) amongst its members.Rubin suggests that the very structure of the group:(sharing goods in common, constant introspection regarding one's relationship with God under the supervision of a "shepherd", along with a severe rigidity concerning human sexuality) is at the heart of a condition, the "Bruderhof Syndrome", which is marked by severe alienation, depression, and loss of self esteem. But he does not adequately support this conclusion.First, the book is limited by its choice of historical context. Few of the examples presented have occurred since the late `70's.Rubin further undercuts his argument from history by admitting that the group has evolved away from pietism and toward an ecumenical approach to social activism.By Rubin's own admission, the Bruderhof today are not the same introversionist sect which provide the context of his study.Its fair to suggest that many of the factors contributing to the "Bruderhof Syndrome" may have been mitigated. Second, he does not provide analysis of the incidence and type of neurosis in the Bruderhof. His brief chapter on the other Anabaptist groups contain more of this sort of information as regards the Hutterites, the Mennonites, and the Amish, then the book as a whole does when addressing the Bruderhof. In fairness, the Bruderhof did not cooperate with Rubin in his study, unlike the studies regarding other high-context Anabaptist groups, which enjoyed the cooperation of their subjects.But then why raise the flag of pathological depression and anxiety concerning the Bruderhof if one is unable to adequately assess the issue? The Bruderhof refusal to accommodate Rubin's research efforts is unfortunate. However the Bruderhof are forced by circumstance to maintain a relationship with the surrounding communities. They are in constant interaction with secondary schools, police, medical personnel, and community government.It would seem that if there were anything currently suspect about the Bruderhof;for example, if the emotional and physical abuse suffered by Bruderhof children atthe time of the "Great Crisis" were continuing, then someone, somewhere, should have noticed. The Bruderhof ask young adults to leave the community for at least a year, in order that they may ascertain for themselves whether they wish to remain with the community.Apparently close to 20% of these choose to continue with their lives on the outside. Surely some of them could have been available for Rubin's research.Yetin spite of what seem to be relatively rich sources of information, there is remarkably little in the book that speaks to contemporary events or cases. Can Rubin make the case that the contemporary Bruderhof threaten the mental or emotional health of the Bruderhof child? Can he demonstrate that the Bruderhof today are any more of a threat to the unbalanced than, say, your local, neighborhood, Evangelical Church?Where are the interviews with secondary school teachers who teach the Bruderhof adolescents; or with therapists who deal with Bruderhof patients?Where are the interviews with the young adults who are on leave from their community? The Bruderhof offer a socio-economic example of Christian Communism that is unique in the United States. They have maintained this paradigm for close to four generations.The Bruderhof are in a position to offer profound contributions to the fields of anthropology, sociology, and psychology. Hence, the Bruderhof are to be faulted for not allowing research in their midst.They need to rethink their relationship with scholarship. An assessment of the Bruderhof, as they exist today, still needs to be written. An assessment of those emotional pathologies with which the Bruderhof contend still needs to occur.Rubin'shistory of the Bruderhof is informative. But it is presented as if it were a diagnosis of mental health issues as they exist within the contemporary Bruderhof. It is in this sense that the book is misleading. "Other Side of Joy" is a history of grievances; an exposition of the tragic and unintended consequences of a unique experiment, rather then a study of religious melancholy per se.If the reader is expecting case studies, methods of diagnosis, treatments within the community, utilization of resources outside the community and so forth, then look elsewhere. It is the controversies swirling around the Bruderhof that are addressed, with vehemence, in this book.
First one to express both the religious and social realities
"The Other Side of Joy" is not a book to laugh at |
16. Behold That Star: A Christmas Anthology | |
Paperback: 355
Pages
(1996-10)
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Wonderful Book |
17. BEHOLD THAT STAR A Christmas Anthology by Bruderhof (editors) | |
Paperback:
Pages
(1998)
Asin: B0043F3EBK Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
18. Discipleship : Living for Christ in the Daily Grind - Leader's Guide | |
Paperback: 121
Pages
(1997-02)
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19. Lethal Selection: Americans Speak Out on the Death Penalty by Plough Books | |
Paperback: 196
Pages
(1997-10)
list price: US$20.00 Isbn: 0874860873 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
20. Heavens Are Opened by Eberhard Arnold, Emmy Arnold, Heini Arnold, Society of Brothers (Bruderhof) | |
Hardcover: 180
Pages
(1974-06)
list price: US$10.00 Isbn: 0874861136 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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