The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes

by Gervase Jackson-Stops, Reinier Baarsen, Phillip M. Johnston

The Courts and the Colonies offers a detailed account of a protracted dispute arising within a Hutterite colony in Manitoba, when the Schmiedeleut leaders attempted to force the departure of a group that had been excommunicated but would not leave. This resulted in about a dozen lawsuits in both Canada and the United States between various Hutterite factions and colonies, and placed the issues of shunning, excommunication, legitimacy of leadership,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295968044
• ISBN13: 9780295968049
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: UBC Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher