Canadian Prairie Mennonite Ministers' Use of Scripture
Canadian Prairie Mennonite Ministers' Use of Scripture

Author: Donald Stoesz

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2018-02-07

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1525511211

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A chance discovery of a log book of sermons by grand-uncle and Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference minister Cornelius G. Stoesz led Donald Stoesz on a fifteen-year odyssey in which he identified four hundred and fifty-seven Scripture texts used by seventeen Mennonite ministers in Canada over the course of one hundred years (1874-1977). The extensive, yet selective, use of the Lutheran lectionary by these ministers illuminates an aspect of Mennonite church life that has seldom been recognized. Known as the Anweisung der Lieder and located at the front of the German-language hymnbook (Gesangbuch), this lectionary was in use by Mennonite congregations in the 18th and 19th centuries in Prussia and Russia. Stoesz details Scripture usage and arranges sermon texts according to method of selection and topic. Included in this analysis are biographies of three pastors and several translated sermons from 1 Peter.

Mennonites in Canada: 1939-1970 : a people transformed
Mennonites in Canada: 1939-1970 : a people transformed

Author: Frank H. Epp

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1974-01-01

Total Pages: 620

ISBN-13: 9780802004659

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T.D. Regehr shows how the Second World War challenged the pacifist views of Mennonites and created a population more aware of events, problems, and opportunities for Christian service and personal advancement in the world beyond their traditional rural communities.

The Sociology of Canadian Mennonites, Hutterites and Amish
The Sociology of Canadian Mennonites, Hutterites and Amish

Author: Donovan E. Smucker

Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press

Published: 2010-10-30

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1554587875

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The editor provides an important new scholarly tool for locating and understanding the enormous expansion of scholarly research dealing with the sociology of Canadian Mennonites, Hutterites and Amish. Although the book includes research from American scholars, the editor devotes special attention to Canadian works concerning these important and interesting minorities. Using the tripartite division of Mennonites, Hutterites and Amish, the bibliography includes 800 entries each with a concise summary and evaluation. The entries are listed under the subheadings: books, theses, articles and unpublished manuscripts. Preceding the bibliography itself is an essay by the editor originally presented to the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association. The essay outlines the differing conceptual assumptions of the researchers included in the book, the major methodologies employed and the main conclusions to be drawn from their work.