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The Waterloo Mennonites

A Community in Paradox
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2006

About this book

The Waterloo Mennonites is truly a communal book: the substance treats the communal aspect of the Mennonite community in all its complexity, while the book itself came about through communal effort from the students and researchers assisting Fretz, the various organizations and individuals providing support, the larger community including the two universities and Wilfrid Laurier University Press, and public funding agencies.

This book seeks to derive a clearer understanding of the sociological characteristics of a single Mennonite community, beginning with the historical and religious background of the Waterloo Mennonites, reviewing their European origins, their ethnic identification, and their immigration experience. It also examines their basic institutions: religion and church, marriage and the family, education and the school, economics and earning a living, government and how they relate to it, their use of leisure time and methods of recreation. It also looks at the way Mennonites interact with the larger society and how that society responds.

Author / Editor information

Contributor: J. Winfield Fretz

J. Winfield Fretz was the founding President of Conrad Grebel University College. He also introduced the study of Mennonites into the University curriculum and taught many large classes on the Mennonites.

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    Front Matter

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    Contents

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    List of Tables

    vii
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    List of Illustrations

    ix
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    Foreword

    xiii
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    Preface

    xvii
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    Introduction and Acknowledgments

    xxi
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    Meet the Mennonites of Waterloo

    1
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    Pilgrimage and persecution in Europe

    5
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    The coining of the Mennonites to Waterloo

    19
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    Mennonites as community builders

    35
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    Changing population patterns in Waterloo

    49
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    Beyond the ethnic label

    59
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    The element of faith in shaping community

    77
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    Being the church and doing its work

    89
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    Winning and losing church members

    109
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    The family's response to change

    131
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    As the school so goes the church

    147
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    Farming—the sacred vocation

    181
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    Occupations shape the church

    201
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    Leisure shapes a way of life

    215
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    Health and welfare in forms old and new

    231
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    Finding in politics a way to serve

    249
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    Credit, money, and mutual aid

    265
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    Standing in the way of change

    281
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    Mennonites as seen by their neighbours

    297
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    Tomorrow turns on choices made today

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    Appendix 1

    329
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    Appendix 2

    335
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    Appendix 3

    337
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    Appendix 4

    341
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    Appendix 5

    343
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    Appendix 6

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    Endnotes

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    Bibliography

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    Index

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eBook ISBN:
9780889208087
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17
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https://doi.org/10.51644/9780889208087
eBook ISBN: 9780889208087
Keywords for this book
Religion; Social Science: Sociology
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