The Open Brethren: A Christian Sect in the Modern World
This book gives a personal insight into the hearts and minds of a fundamentalist Christian sect, the Open Brethren. Using Brethren magazine articles, obituaries, and testimonies, Peter Herriot argues that the Brethren constitute a perfect example of a fundamentalism. Their culture is entirely oppose...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Cham
Springer International Publishing
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | SpringerLink Bücher
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Plymouth Brethren
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| RelBib Classification: | KDH Christian sects |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion and sociology
B Religion and society B Psychology and religion |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Printed edition: 9783030032180 Printed edition: 9783030032203 |
| Summary: | This book gives a personal insight into the hearts and minds of a fundamentalist Christian sect, the Open Brethren. Using Brethren magazine articles, obituaries, and testimonies, Peter Herriot argues that the Brethren constitute a perfect example of a fundamentalism. Their culture is entirely opposed to the beliefs, values, and norms of modernity. As a result, like other fundamentalisms they challenge modern Christianity and impede its efforts to engage with global society Chapter 1. The Tight Brother’s Tale -- Chapter 2. The Loose Brother’s Tale -- Chapter 3. The Historian’s Tale -- Chapter 4. The Psychologist’s Tale -- Chapter 5. Brethren Lives -- Chapter 6. Salvation and Service -- Chapter 7. Conformity and Belief -- Chapter 8. Authority in Action -- Chapter 9. The Authority of the Bible -- Chapter 10: The Authority of the Brother -- Chapter 11. Separation and Identity -- Chapter 12. Pure from the World -- Chapter 13. Separated from the Sects -- Chapter 14. Apart from the Apostates -- Chapter 15. An Archetypal Fundamentalism -- Chapter 16. The Brethren and Modernism -- Chapter 17. Fundamentalism and Christianity -- Chapter 18. Religion and Globalisation |
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| ISBN: | 3030032191 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-03219-7 |