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Title: The Other Side of Joy: Religious Melancholy Among the Bruderhof.
Author: Leonard Gross
Publication: Church History (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 2001
Publisher: American Society of Church History
Volume: 70Issue: 2Page: 375

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More than 500 articles cover the broad range of popular religious culture of the United States at the close of the twentieth century. Beliefs, practices, symbols, traditions, movements, organizations, and leaders from the many traditions in the pluralistic American community are represented. Also includes cults and phenomena that drew followers, such as Heaven's Gale and UFOs. ... Read more

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This is the facinating account of the life and times of a major ex-leader/minister of the Bruderhof sect, then known as the Society of Brothers (an on again/off again "Hutterian" group).Hutteritesrefer to them as the "Arnoldleut" (English: Arnold People). Although out of print, it should be reprinted.It's an important part ofthe permanent record and presents a viewpoint that needs to be heard.Amust-read for every student of Hutterianism, Arnoldism, and communalsocieties.It's an especially necessary read for anyone consideringChristian communalism "for life". ... Read more