Brethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a Peculiar People

by Carl Desportes Bowman

Book Overview

In the first book ever written on the subject, Carl Bowman examines how and why members of the Church of the Brethren--historically known as "Dunkers" after their method of baptism--were assimilated faster and earlier than their Amish, Mennonite, or even Hutterite cousins.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801849055
• ISBN13: 9780801849053
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"