{"product_id":"on-the-backroad-to-heaven-old-order-hutterites-mennonites-amish-and-brethren-revised-9780801870897","title":"On the Backroad to Heaven: Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren (Revised)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eOn the Backroad to Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique guide to the world of Old Order Anabaptist groups. Focusing on four Old Order communities--the Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren--Donald B. Kraybill and Carl Desportes Bowman provide a fascinating overview of their culture, growth, and distinctive way of life. Following a general introduction to Old Order culture, they show how each group uses a different strategy to create and sustain its identity. The Hutterites, for example, keep themselves geographically segregated from the larger society, whereas the Brethren interact more freely with it. The Amish and Mennonites are more alike in how they engage the outside world, adopting a complex but flexible strategy of compromise that produces an evolving canon of social and religious rules. This first comparative study sketches the differences as well as the common threads that bind these groups together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eDonald B. Kraybill \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. Widely recognized for his work on Anabaptist groups, he has authored and edited many books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Riddle of Amish Culture\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Amish and the State, \u003c\/i\u003e both available from Johns Hopkins. \u003cb\u003eCarl Desportes Bowman\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at Bridgewater College. Nationally recognized for his scholarship and publications on Brethren groups, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eBrethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a Peculiar People, \u003c\/i\u003e also available from Johns Hopkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50924412305682,"sku":"9780801870897","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_869aacd9-8704-4871-a1ed-d35e2f36f14e.jpg?v=1738971437","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-the-backroad-to-heaven-old-order-hutterites-mennonites-amish-and-brethren-revised-9780801870897","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}