Anabaptist/Mennonite Faith and EconomicsCalvin Wall Redekop, Victor A. Krahn, Samuel J. Steiner The continuing conflict between the Anabaptist/Mennonite community and the expanding industrial culture of the modern world has not been investigated. This book addresses the issues which fuel that conflict, focusing on the implications of subordinating an economic system to the theological framework of a Christian society. Contributors: Gregory Baum, Lawrence J. Burkholder, Leo Driedger, Kevin Enns-Rempel, Norm Ewert, Jim Halteman, Leland Harder, Al Hecht, Jim Lichti, Jacob A. Leowen, John Peters, Cal Redekop, Walter Regehr, T.D. Regehr, Jean Seguy, Robert Siemens, Arnold Snyder, Willis Sommer, Mary Sprunger, and Laura Weaver. Co-published with the Institute of Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies. |
Contents
Anabaptist Spirituality and Economics | 3 |
Dutch Mennonites and the Golden Age Economy The Problem of Social Disparity in the Church | 19 |
Russian Mennonites Property and the Sword | 41 |
Ethnicity the Economic Factor and Religion the French Mennonite Case | 67 |
Part II Tradition and Emerging Institutions | 81 |
German Mennonites Economics and the State | 83 |
Mennonites and Entrepreneurship in Canada | 111 |
Mennonite Economic Life and the Paraguayan Experience | 127 |
Mennonites and the Canadian Society A Financial WeilBeing Comparison | 237 |
Mennonite Institutions and Mennonite Capital | 255 |
Mennonites Work and Economics | 279 |
Analysis and Conclusion | 303 |
Justice Charity and Mennonite Economics | 305 |
Mennonites and Market Capitalism | 321 |
Mennonites and Economics A Cultural Interpretation | 333 |
The Economic Problem for Mennonites | 359 |
Old Order Mennonite Economics | 153 |
Mennonite Business in Winnipeg | 177 |
Dynamics of Mennonite Economics | 197 |
The Henry J Martens Land Scheme | 199 |
Hard Workers Mennonite Women in Academic and other Professional Fields | 223 |
Concluding Analysis | 373 |
AnabaptistMennonite Statement on Economic Matters | 383 |
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Anabaptist/Mennonite Faith and Economics Calvin Wall Redekop,Victor A. Krahn,Samuel J. Steiner,Samuel A. Steiner No preview available - 1994 |
Anabaptist/Mennonite Faith and Economics Calvin Wall Redekop,Victor A. Krahn,Samuel J. Steiner No preview available - 1994 |
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