Torches together; the beginning and early years of the Bruderhof Communities
by Emmy Arnold
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Twice in the last century -- the early 1920s (in Germany) and the late 60s (in America) -- hordes of young people defied the middle-class mores of their parents and sought fellowship with their peers in rural communes. Sadly, Nazism swallowed the German movement virtually whole -- and Wall Street, though in entirely different fashion, did the same to the American one.Torches Together is the story of a community that survived: the Bruderhof, a 75-year-old movement that began when writer show more Eberhard Arnold and his wife Emmy left Berlin life for the unknowns of an impoverished village.At first glance a memoir, Torches Together is a radical call to faith and commitment against great odds. It is also a remarkable testimony to the leading of the Spirit, which, as Arnold writes, can hold together those who believe in the "daily miracle" of community "through thick and thin".Lyn Baker, Logos JournalDetails in subdued and undramatic fashion how ordinary middle-class Christians were spurred by the Holy Spirit and the decadence of their culture to become lowly, dependent, and centered on God. show lessTags
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1964
- People/Characters
- Emmy Arnold; Eberhard Arnold
- Important places
- Sannerz, Sinntal, Hesse, Germany; German; England; United States of America
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- Genres
- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 267.1 — Religion Christian organization, social work & worship Associations for religious work Religious societies of both men and women
- LCC
- BX8129 .B64 .A8 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christian Denominations Christian Denominations Protestantism Other Protestant denominations Mennonites
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- (4.00)
- Languages
- Danish, English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
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- ASINs
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