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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450896503321

Autore

Rubin Julius H

Titolo

The other side of joy [[electronic resource] ] : religious melancholy among the Bruderhof / / Julius H. Rubin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000

ISBN

1-280-52980-6

0-19-535324-2

1-4294-0375-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Disciplina

289.7/3

Soggetti

Bruderhof Communities - Membership

Depression, Mental - Epidemiology

Depression, Mental - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; INTRODUCTION: ""The Best Argument for Christianity?""; ONE: The Lengthened Shadow of One Man; TWO: The Thrall of Utopian Illusions; THREE: The Revitalization of Bruderhof Piety; FOUR: Surrendered to Jesus: Varieties of Religious Melancholy; FIVE: Religious Melancholy among Other Anabaptist Sects; CONCLUSION: The Tragic Sense of Life; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This case study of a pietist religious group offers accounts of the lives of Bruderhof apostates who foundered over issues of faith, and relates these crises to the central tenets of Bruderhof theology, their spirituality, and community life.