000			04955cam a2200637Ii 4500
001			ocn897379213
003			OCoLC
005			20200709060125.0
006			m d
007			cr cnu---unuuu
008			141203s2015 mdu ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aN$T _beng _erda _epn _cN$T _dN$T
020			_a9781421415130 _qelectronic bk.
020			_a1421415135 _qelectronic bk.
020			_z9781421415123
020			_z1421415127
020			_z1421415135 (electronic)
035			_a(OCoLC)897379213
035			_a778015 _b(N$T)
043			_an-us-ca
050		4	_aBX8117.C2 _bF76 2014eb
072		7	_aREL _x094000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a289.7/794 _223
084			_aREL043000 _aSOC026000 _aHIS054000 _2bisacsh
049			_aN$TA
100	1		_aFroese, Brian, _d1969- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aCalifornia Mennonites / _cBrian Froese.
264		1	_aBaltimore, Maryland : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c[2015]
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aYoung Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies
520			_a"Books geographically focused on the midwestern and eastern states dominate the study of Mennonites in America. The intriguing history of Mennonites in the American West remains untold. In From Digging Gold to Saving Souls, Brian Froese introduces readers for the first time to the California Mennonite experience. Although a few Mennonites did dig for gold in the 1850s, the real story of Mennonites in California begins in the 1890s with westward migrations for fertile soil and healthy sunshine. By the mid-twentieth century, the Mennonite story in California had developed into an interesting tale of religious conservatives--traditional agrarians--finding their way in an increasingly urban and religiously pluralistic California. Some California Mennonites negotiated new identities by endorsing conservative evangelicalism; some found them in reclamations of sixteenth-century Anabaptists. Still other Mennonites found meaningful religious experience by engaging in social action and justice even when these actions appeared in "secular" forms. These emerging identities--Evangelical, Anabaptist, and secular--covered a broad spectrum, yet represented a selective retaining and discarding of Mennonite religious practices and expressions. From Digging Gold to Saving Souls touches on such topics as migration, pluralism, race, gender, pacifism, institutional construction, education, and labor conflict, all of which defined the experience of Mennonites of California. Brian Froese shows how this experience was a rich, complex, and deliberate move into modern society. In From Digging Gold to Saving Souls, he introduces readers to a dynamic people who did not simply become modern, but who chose to modernize on their own terms"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aGoing to California: the Mennonite migration -- Alone in the garden: boosters, migrants, and refugees -- Urban dystopia and divine nature: the early Mennonite colonies -- Outsiders from within: defining California Mennonite identity -- New neighbors: confronting racial and religious pluralism -- From sewing circles to missionary societies: the public roles of women in the church -- Peaceful patriots: California Mennonites during World War II -- Socially active Mennonitism and mental health: the origins of Kings View Homes -- Feeding the hungry: a story of piety and professionalization -- Protect and assimilate: evangelical education in California -- Labor tensions: Mennonite growers, the UFW, and the farm labor problem -- From digging gold to saving souls: the transformation of California Mennonite identity -- Epilogue. a new breed of Mennonites.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
650		0	_aMennonites _zCalifornia _xHistory.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xChurch history.
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christianity / Mennonite. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aHISTORY / Social History. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aMennonites. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01016181
651		7	_aCalifornia. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204928
650		7	_aRELIGION / Christianity / Denominations _2bisacsh
655		7	_aChurch history. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411629
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aFroese, Brian, 1969- author. _tFrom digging gold to saving souls _z9781421415123 _w(DLC) 2014002821 _w(OCoLC)881720063
830		0	_aYoung Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
856	4	0	_3EBSCOhost _uhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=778015
856	4	2	_3Cover image _u9781421415123.jpg
938			_aEBSCOhost _bEBSC _n778015
910			_acpp91024
994			_a02 _bN$T
999			_c54795 _d54795