Linda Maendel is a member of a Hutterite colony in Manitoba. We last looked at Hutterites back in January in an interview with Mary-Ann Kirkby, the author of I Am Hutterite. Hutterites live primarily in Canada and the Upper Midwest, and have some similarities to Amish. Hutterites share the same Anabaptist roots as Amish and [...]
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Last week’s interview with Mary-Ann Kirkby about her memoir I Am Hutterite got a nice response. Some of us had just heard of Hutterites for the first time, while others had even visited Hutterite colonies. In comparison with Amish, Hutterites are not very well-known. This is probably due in part to their remote location in [...]
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Mary-Ann Kirkby was raised on a Hutterite colony in Manitoba. When Mary-Ann was 9, her family–parents, herself, and six siblings–left the colony for the world. I Am Hutterite is Mary-Ann’s memoir of life at Fairholme Colony, and her adjustment to living “outside the ark”. The Hutterites Hutterites are spiritual cousins of the Amish. The two [...]
Continue reading I Am Hutterite: 5-book giveaway and interview with Mary-Ann Kirkby
The concept of “Amish community” has a number of meanings The term “Amish community” is often used to refer to the Amish in general. For instance, you might hear the questions, “What does the Amish community do when a barn burns down?” or ”What does the Amish community believe about technology?” Sometimes the term is used [...]
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Since the mid-1800s, the Hutterites have comprised 3 main groups–the Lehrerleut, the Dariusleut, and the Schmiedeleut. The Lehrerleut are considered the most conservative, with the Schmiedeluet being the most progressive, and Dariusleut somewhere in between. However, in 1992, The Schmiedeleut experienced an internal division, creating 2 separate Schmiedeleut groups. Donald Kraybill’s Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, [...]
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We use them all the time, but ever wonder how reference books and resources get put together? In a guest post today, Donald Kraybill offers a peek into the writing and research process for the Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites: Compiling the Concise Encyclopedia was a daunting task. In fact if I [...]
Continue reading Does anyone really care about beards? Donald Kraybill on writing the Concise Encyclopedia
Donald Kraybill just had a busy month. Most people would consider releasing one book an event, but in October Kraybill released two–The Amish Way: Patient Faith in a Perilous World, co-authored with Steven Nolt and David Weaver-Zercher, and the Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites. Timing of the release was something of a [...]
Continue reading Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites and Mennonites: 5-book giveaway and interview with Donald Kraybill
After the response to the Trouble in Amish Paradise documentary, I thought you might enjoy the documentary on Hutterites (see below). It’s old–made in 1964–but an interesting half-hour introduction to the Hutterite people. Hutterites reside in Canada and the Upper Midwest, having originally arrived in America from Europe in the 1870s. Hutterites are Anabaptist cousins of [...]
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