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22%OFFBenjamin W. Goossen - Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era - 9780691174280 - V9780691174280
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Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era

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Description for Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 halftones. 5 line illus. 1 table. 4 maps. BIC Classification: HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 15.
During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the global Mennonite church developed an uneasy relationship with Germany. Despite the religion's origins in the Swiss and Dutch Reformation, as well as its longstanding pacifism, tens of thousands of members embraced militarist German nationalism. Chosen Nation is a sweeping history of this encounter and the debates it sparked among parliaments, dictatorships, and congregations across Eurasia and the Americas. Offering a multifaceted perspective on nationalism's emergence in Europe and around the world, Benjamin Goossen demonstrates how Mennonites' nationalization reflected and reshaped their faith convictions. While some church leaders modified German identity along Mennonite ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691174280
SKU
V9780691174280
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About Benjamin W. Goossen
Benjamin W. Goossen is a scholar of global religious history at Harvard University.

Reviews for Chosen Nation: Mennonites and Germany in a Global Era
This fine book sheds light on the integration of the Mennonites into German society as part of the construction of German nationalism in the twentieth century. Goossen's use of government archival sources for Mennonite activity during World War II is groundbreaking and his assessment of Mennonite proximity to and involvement in the Holocaust is a significant achievement. -Mark Jantzen, Bethel ... Read more

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