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Obras por James Urry

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One of the best books available on the topic of Mennonite life on the Russian steppes (Ukraine) in the 100 years from 1789 to 1889. Very thorough, divided up by topical area to cover the migration, the congregations, economic development, the traditionalist vs. the progressives, commerce, pedagogy, dissent and division, reform and reaction, new frontiers, and so on.
 
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smharder | Jun 17, 2009 |
One might assume that "the quiet in the land" have always abstained from "worldly" activities that would require mixing it up with political posturing and power brokering, but Urry shows that history is quite different than the myth. He takes three segments of the story to document Mennonite political involvement in Northern Germany/Netherlands, Russia and Canada. He starts in the 16th century and continues tracing the tread into the late twentieth. His thesis is that Mennonites have always used political processes to maintain their "peoplehood" (race?). As Urry tells the story the focus is on survival as a people with almost no reference to social justice, environmentalism, or peace building or theology in general, for that matter. This is the story of a people who used worldly political power to maintain the concept of a people "not of this world."… (mais)
 
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DrSmeeton | May 17, 2009 |

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5
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