On the Backroad to Heaven: Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren
- ISBN-10
- 0801870895
- ISBN-13
- 9780801870897
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 352
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-09-30
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Authors
- Donald B. Kraybill, Carl Desportes Bowman, Carl F. Bowman
Description
This first comparative study sketches the differences as well as the common threads that bind these groups together.
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