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Horn, Donald Robert. "Authenticity in Brethren architecture." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23429.

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Vedulla, Rufus K. "Strangers in Maharashtra Mennonite Brethren historical foundations /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Yeager, Jonathan Mark. "The roots of Open Brethren ecclesiology a discussion of the nature of the church compared to the ecclesiology of the Darbyite Brethren, 1825-1848 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p048-0314.

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Yap, David L. T. "Leadership succession in the local church a study of ten Brethren churches in Singapore /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.068-0635.

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Burkett, Charles Edward. "Rediscovering old paths a study of the impact of traditional formative practices on contemporary Brethren in Christ spiritual formation /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Schmiedt, Alan. "Implementing need-oriented evangelism in a small-town traditional Brethren church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0249.

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Kochheiser, Gary M. "The doctrine of nonresistance a historical survey with special attention being given to the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches and the Grace Brethren Church of Longview, Texas /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Veum, David. "Developing a process of sermon evaluation for Lutheran Brethren pastors." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Neufeld, John. "Preaching in a post-Christian world." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Badger, Lincoln R. H. "The influence of church leaders' relationship with God the Holy Spirit on the numerical growth of selected brethren assemblies in New Zealand." Columbia, SC : Columbia Theological Seminary, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.023-0216.

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Smith, David Andrew. "The preaching community a practical theological analysis of the role of preaching within the Christian Brethren Church /." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07242008-080947/.

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Powell, Hunter Eugene. "The Dissenting Brethren and the power of the keys, 1640-1644." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252255.

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Labun, Allan Ross. "A model for integrating newcomers into McIvor Avenue Mennonite Brethren Church by means of a sponsorship program." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Dung, Sharon Wendy Shuk Leung. "A training manual for the small group leaders of Pacific Grace Mennonite Brethren Church." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Hoke, Kenneth O. "Servant leadership and theological understandings does the theology of the Brethren in Christ impact the way we choose to lead? /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Wartman, Paul R. "The process of developing a missions policy manual for Fairview Mennonite Brethren Church, St. Catharines, Ontario." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Black, James F. "Equipping church leadership in the use of biblical principles and guidelines for anticipating, managing and resolving conflict." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Longenecker, Carol L. "Progressivism and the mission field Church of the Brethren women missionaries in Shanxi, China, 1908-1951 /." Connect to this title online, 2007. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1181668150/.

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Thomas, Marlin E. "A healing and spiritual growth ministry at the Emmanuel Mennonite Brethren Church, Onida, South Dakota a consultative interim ministry /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1988. http://www.tren.com.

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Walton, Harold W. "A study in the principles of revival." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Bohrer, Bradley C. "Creating a spiritual space introducing lectio divina as a devotional method for the heightening of the spiritual lives of the pastors in the Northern Ohio District Church of the Brethren /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Hurd, G. Emery. "Living our values a comparative study of the reported and perceived core values of Brethren pastors /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Krobel, Glenn. "A historical examination of John Nelson Darby's distinction between Israel and the church in scripture." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Funk, James Anthony (Tony). "Discipling believers to accept and embrace diversity in worship a study of the congregational singing of the British Columbia Mennonite Brethren Conference, 1990 /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Manzullo-Thomas, Devin. "Born-Again Brethren: History as Identity and Theology in the Cultural Transformation of a "Plain People"." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2012. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/193132.

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This essay examines the ways in which one Protestant faith community has, over the course of the last six decades, deployed history as a means to form identity and shape practical theologies for daily living, in response to a particular transformation of its culture. Beginning in the middle decades of the twentieth century, the Brethren in Christ Church transformed from a small, separatist religious society into a growing mainstream evangelical denomination. Central to this transformation was the church's increasing investment in the larger American evangelical movement. Since the 1970s, church members have hotly debated their denomination's "evangelical turn." While some see it as an inspiring story that captures the church's missionary essence, others see it as a tale of acculturation to "worldly" society. This contestation, however, rests on a misunderstanding of the denomination's "post-turn" history. By re-narrating the church's "evangelical turn" and leveraging that narrative into a collaborative, web-based interpretive exhibit, I seek to empower the Brethren in Christ community to better understand its history. Ultimately, I conclude that throughout the last sixty years and into the present, members of the church have used and continue to use history to understand both who they are and how they should live--conclusions with significant implications for the practice of public history among faith communities.
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Lightner, Leslie Lynn. "A descriptive study of religious education teacher training practices in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1117655.

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The study collected information about training practices in local churches of the United Brethren in Christ. A mailed questionnaire was used to collect data from 230 churches nationwide. The instrument contained 22 questions, divided into three sections: (a) teacher involvement in religious education, (b) teacher training, and (c) demographic information. The return rate was 65.7% (151 surveys). Frequency counts and percentages were obtained. Data were summarized in table and narrative form. Cross-tabulations were completed between selected demographic variables and the provision for teacher training.Selected findings included: (a) among 15 possible religious education activities, at least two-thirds of the churches reported using teachers in five of them; (b) over half of the churches (51%) provided some form of training; (c) among those providing some form of training the scope was limited; (d) difficulty in scheduling and lack of fiscal resources were identified as the greatest obstacles to training; (e) training was more common in churches with larger attendance figures for worship and Sunday school.The following conclusions were formulated: (a) the extent to which teachers were used in religious education activities was affected by the scope of programs offered; (b) in the absence of a mandate for training, scheduling and scarce resources were negative factors; (c) even in churches conducting training, the activity was not a high priority; (d) reliance on consultants and conferences reflected the fact that churches did not conduct theirfor pastors to require training; and, (f) training occurred more often in larger churches where adequate resources and formal approaches to programming were common.Six recommendations were presented: (a) the denomination should develop and disseminate a position on teacher training; (b) pastors should be exposed to educational programs stressing the importance of training teachers; (c) the denomination should formulate and make available more programs and materials to support training; (d) the issue of effectiveness of training programs should be examined; (e) research on the selection, supervision, retention, and evaluation of teachers should be conducted.own training; (e) using volunteers made it more difficult
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Koperski, Andrew Robert. "Breaking with Tradition: Jerome, the Virgin Mary, and the Troublesome “Brethren” of Jesus." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1524837953738555.

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Jorgensen, Lynne Watkins. "The First London Mormons: 1840-1845: "What Am I and My Brethren Here For?"." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 1988. http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTGM,19184.

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Stănculescu, Adrian. "Romanian evangelical Christianity historical origins and development prior to the Communist period /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Grass, Timothy George. "The Church's ruin and restoration : the development of ecclesiology in the Plymouth Brethren and the Catholic Apostolic Church c.1825-c.1866." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1997. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-churchs-ruin-and-restoration--the-development-of-ecclesiology-in-the-plymouth-brethren-and-the-catholic-apostolic-church-c-1825c1866(0f55ad2b-a3a6-4edb-bb8f-b0a9430fe986).html.

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Ahn, Sandy Y. "Development of the Korean component in a model for multi-ethnic ministry in an urban setting a model of church integration /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Dunbar, Paul James. "The impact of trust on congregational readiness for missional change." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2007. http://www.tren.com.

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Lane, Stephen. "The Puritan vision examining finances in light of God's glory and the common good /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.068-0604.

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Oberbrunner, Kary. "A model for leadership training through the partnership of Grace Brethren churches in the north central Ohio district and Grace Theological Seminary." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0252.

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Kopp, Clarence A. ""Not wanted" a study of some forced terminations in situations other than moral failures in churches where the pastor is assigned /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Phiri, Lazarus. "Brethren in Christ mission in Zambia, 1906-1978 : a historical study of western missionary leadership patterns and the emergence of Tonga church leaders." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/22557.

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Mareček, Benjamín. "Motivace a spokojenost mládeže se spotřebou náboženských statků v Církvi bratrské." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113454.

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The subject of this master's thesis is to carry out an empirical research, which leads to describing current situation and to suggestions to raise satisfaction in consumption of religious goods. The first part concentrates on theoretical basis. Key terms and concepts are being defined, church marketing is being developed and secondary data analyzed. The second part deals with the descriptive research among youth and their motivation and satisfaction. In the conclusion of this thesis specific suggestions for improvement are offered.
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Solomon, Leroy. "Developing a small group ministry which encourages discipleship through learning and relationships." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1992. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0055.

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Scoles, Todd S. "The power of the ordinances to strengthen a common identity and mission for the FGBC." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p028-0251.

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Block, Isaac I. "A study of domestic abuse among Mennonites in Winnipeg." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1991. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p046-0013.

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Fetters, Luke S. "The Church of the United Brethren in Christ support of the community education work of Moy Ling among the Chinese in Portland, Oregon, 1882-1931 : implications for a missiological understanding of partnership." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1325991.

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Set in the context of the Chinese Exclusion Acts, the Woman's Missionary Association (WMA) of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ supported the community education and evangelistic work of Moy Ling in Portland, Oregon, from 1882 until his death in 1926.Moy immigrated to the United States in 1872 at the age of 19. Settling in Portland, Moy worked as a household servant for General Oliver Otis Howard who was stationed in Portland as commander of the Department of the Columbia from 1874 to 1880. Howard was instrumental in Moy's conversion to Christianity. Moy opened a night school for the Chinese community of Portland in 1877. In 1882, Moy came in contact with Bishop Nicholas Castle who brokered a partnership between Moy and the WMA. Over the next half century, the Portland Chinese Mission made important contributions to the education of the Chinese immigrant communities in Portland, established the Kwan Hing Church, and shaped the attitudes of a generation of United Brethren members toward the Chinese.The United Brethren Church experienced a schism in 1889, dividing into the New Constitution and Old Constitution branches. Moy was instrumental in the establishment of United Brethren missions in Guangzhou, China, for both branches of the church. In 1889, Moy traveled to China with a New Constitution delegation to open a mission in Guangzhou. In 1924, Moy introduced the Old Constitution WMA to Chiu Yan Tsz, a professor at Canton Christian College in Guangzhou, who then founded the Old Constitution mission in China.Moy sought to influence United States immigration policy. His relationship with Howard developed into a lasting friendship, and they kept in contact for over 30 years. Letters between the two men show that Moy, together with a group of Portland merchants, engaged Howard to use his national reputation to advocate against the permanent congressional renewal of the Geary Act in 1902.The relationship between Moy and the WMA displayed characteristics which are consistent with current missiological definitions of healthy partnership. Such characteristics, as described by Luis Bush, include autonomy, trust, agreed-upon expectations, complementary resources, and mutual goals.
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Silva, Renato de Oliveira. "A Influência da Missão Integral na Prática Pastoral das Igrejas Irmãos Menonitas de São Paulo nos Anos de 2000 a 2010." Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2012. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/251.

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This research seeks to analyze, during the period 2000 to 2010, three Mennonite Brethren Evangelical Churches, which were the Primeira Igreja Evangélica Irmãos Menonitas de São Paulo, the Comunidade Cristã das Boas Novas and the Primeira Igreja Evangélica Irmãos Menonitas de Campo Limpo, located within their neighborhoods of São Paulo, Planalto Paulista, Campo Belo and Campo Limpo. This analysis will give birth to the Theology of Integral Mission in order to be seen whether these churches really felt the effects of this theology in this period. The pastoral practices of these churches to be observed by means of minutes, newsletters, conference proceedings, published papers, newsletters, documents of Mennonite Brethren churches of St. Paul and other materials that address the topic in question. The areas analyzed in the pastoral practice will be three, namely education through teaching Sunday school, social practice and worship (liturgy and preaching of the Word). They will also be presented the concepts of pastoral practice, Integral Mission and Christian praxis and, finally, proposals for a pastoral praxis in the light of Integral Mission, will be offered to the Mennonite Churches of St. Paul.
Esta pesquisa pretende analisar, durante o período de 2000 a 2010, três Igrejas Evangélicas Irmãos Menonitas, sendo elas a Primeira Igreja Evangélica Irmãos Menonitas de São Paulo, a Comunidade Cristão das Boas Novas e a Primeira Igreja Evangélica Irmãos Menonitas do Campo Limpo, situadas nos respectivos bairros de São Paulo, Planalto Paulista, Campo Belo e Campo Limpo. Esta análise se dará à luz da Teologia da Missão Integral, de modo que será observado se tais igrejas de fato sofreram influências desta teologia neste espaço de tempo. As práticas pastorais destas igrejas serão observadas por intermédio de atas, boletins, anais de congressos, trabalhos publicados, informativos, documentos das igrejas Irmãos Menonitas de São Paulo e outros materiais que abordem o tema em questão. As áreas analisadas dentro da prática pastoral serão três, a saber, a educação através do ensino da escola bíblica dominical, a prática social e o culto (liturgia e pregação da Palavra). Também serão apresentados os conceitos de prática pastoral, Missão Integral e práxis cristã e, por fim, serão oferecidas propostas para uma práxis pastoral, à luz da Missão Integral, às Igrejas Irmãos Menonitas de São Paulo.
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Walker, Jonathan Martin. "Brethren : a novel." Thesis, University of Kent, 2018. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/71018/.

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Jenkins, Robert Garry. "The Brethren movement in North Hastings 1885-1924." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Hurley, J. D. "Children or brethren : Aboriginal rights in colonial Iroquoia." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1985. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272935.

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Hurley, John D. "Children or brethren : aboriginal rights in colonial Iroquoia /." Saskatoon : Saskatchewan : University of Saskatchewan, 1985. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb366345993.

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Lunde, Joel S. "Curriculum proposals in mission for the Lutheran Brethren Seminary." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Burnham, Jonathan D. "The controversial relationship between Benjamin Wills Newton and John Nelson Darby." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.324343.

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Dickson, Neil T. R. "The history of the Open Brethren in Scotland 1838-1999." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/1949.

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The thesis is a history of the Open Brethren in Scotland. Its aim is to analyse the development of the movement incorporating its social history. A sequence of chapters traces the expansion and contraction of the movement and its internal development from its inception in 1838 until 1999. After an introductory chapter in which the aims and methods of the work will be set out, Chapter 2 examines the largely Bowesite movement of the 1840s and 1850s. Chapter 3 analyses the crucial decade which followed the 1859 Revival. In these chapters external growth and internal development are studied in conjunction with each other. The period of greatest increase for the movement was the late Victorian period and Chapter 4 analyses expansion until the outbreak of World War I. The Brethren were in their most developed form in the inter-war period of the twentieth century and this phase had an after-life until the mid-1960s. Chapter 6 examines patterns of growth and decline from 1914 until 1965 with, in addition, an investigation of the ethos of the movement when it was in its mature form. Complementary to Chapters 4 and 6 are Chapters 5 and 7 in which the internal development of the movement is examined for the respective periods. The classic era of the Brethren might be said to have ceased in the mid-1960s. Chapter 8 is devoted to an investigation of the spirituality of the movement from the 1830s until that decade and Chapter 9 to the relationship of the Brethren to culture and society for the same period. Chapter 10 examines the contemporary movement from the mid-1960s, analysing internal development and changes in membership size, spirituality, and attitudes to culture and society. The conclusion, Chapter 11, draws together the central themes of the thesis and presents some assessment.
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Redekop, Benjamin Wall. "The German identity of Mennonite Brethren immigrants in Canada, 1930-1960." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29142.

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Little scholarly research has been done on the function of Germanism among Mennonites who immigrated to Canada from Russia in the 1920's, and what has been done often relies on an oversimplified "desire for separation" to explain the phenomenon. At the same time, it has been argued that the enthusiasm for Nazi Germany among Mennonite immigrants in Canada is to be understood as part of a larger "Volks-German awakening". In fact, the Mennonite experience of brutal treatment during the Bolshevik Revolution, the economic conditions of the Great Depression, and assinflationist pressures from Canadian society put them in a naturally receptive position for the cultural, political and ethnic ideas associated with the "new Germany". The Mennonite ethno-religious culture which had emerged in Russia appeared to be breaking down, more rapidly in some areas than others; at the same time, distinctions between political and cultural Germanism were just beginning to be understood, as they were bound up in a single "package" which seemed to offer answers to the problems of fragmentation, instability and loss of identity. Germanism, and the German language in particular, functioned as an instrument of socio-religious integration for the Russlaender Brethren in the 30 years after their arrival in Canada. In the interwar years, Mennonite Germanism took on certain political, "Volkish", and nationalistic overtones; by the end of the Second World War, these elements had largely faded. In the postwar period Germanism becomes more clearly identifiable in its primary role as symbol and agent of the distinctive configuration of religious faith, sense of peoplehood, and way of life which had emerged in Imperial Russia. The Germanism which was expressed in the Canadian context was in large part a conservative response to the challenges posed by the forces of assimilation and acculturation, the effects of anti-Germanism brought on by two World Wars, and an inherent tendency of the Brethren to identify with North American "English" evangelicalism and to denigrate their cultural heritage because it was felt to detract from effective evangelism. A variety of sources have been used in writing this thesis, including church records, newspapers, personal papers, interviews, conference minutes and school committee minutes, as well as a wide range of secondary sources, including unpublished theses, dissertations and papers. In addition to outlining the contours of Brethren Germanism itself, efforts have been made to portray adequately the context in which Brethren Germanism was expressed, including that of the Brethren constituency as a whole, other "evangelical" groups, and the larger social and political currents of Canadian society. Extending the analysis into the decades after 1945 adds conclusive evidence that the Brethren Germanism of the 1930's was related more to Mennonite goals and aspirations than those of Nazi Germany, despite the presence of a significant (misguided) sympathy for the Hitler regime.
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