03793cam a22006498i 4500 ocn935108270 OCoLC 20200709060532.0 m d cr un||||||||| 160111s2016 mbc ob 001 0 eng NLC eng rda NLC OCLCO OCLCF OCLCO IDEBK CDX TEFOD OCLCO HEBIS YDX EBLCP N$T 20159080045 9780887554919 (electronic bk.) 0887554911 (electronic bk.) 9780887554933 0887554938 1467594 (N$T) (OCoLC)935108270 B5FA1E2E-B84B-4A51-9E81-15ADB17122EB OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com n------ s------ BX8121.3 BX8121.3 L63 2016 REL 067110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 230/.97 23 MAIN Loewen, Royden, 1954- author. Horse-and-buggy genius : listening to Mennonites contest the modern world / Royden Loewen. 1604 Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, 2016. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "The history of the twentieth century is one of modernization, a story of old ways being left behind. Many traditionalist Mennonites rejected these changes, especially the automobile, which they regarded as a symbol of pride and individualism. They became known as a "horse-and-buggy" people. Between 2009 and 2012, Royden Loewen and a team of researchers interviewed 250 Mennonites in thirty-five communities across the Americas about the impact of the modern world on their lives. This book records their responses and strategies for resisting the very things--ease, technology, upward mobility, consumption--that most people today take for granted. Loewen's subjects are drawn from two distinctive groups: 6,000 Old Order Mennonites, who continue to pursue old ways in highly urbanized southern Ontario, and 60,000 Old Colony Mennonites, whose history of migration to protect traditional ways has taken them from the Canadian prairies to Mexico and farther south to Belize, Paraguay, and Bolivia. Whether they live in the shadow of an urban, industrial region or in more isolated, rural communities, the fundamental approach of "horse-and buggy" Mennonites is the same: life is best when it is kept simple, lived out in the local, close to nature. This equation is the genius at the heart of their world."-- Provided by publisher. Mennonites America Interviews. Mennonites Doctrines. Civilization, Modern. Civilization, Modern. fast (OCoLC)fst00863073 Mennonites. fast (OCoLC)fst01016181 Mennonites Doctrines. fast (OCoLC)fst01016194 America. fast (OCoLC)fst01239786 RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Interviews. fast (OCoLC)fst01423832 Electronic books. Print version: Horse-and-buggy genius. (CaOONL)20159080037 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1467594 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL4801616 YBP Library Services YANK 13506342 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis33546835 Coutts Information Services COUT 33546835 EBSCOhost EBSC 1467594 92 N$T 57247 57247