Bruderhof History: My Life in Community (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780874869569)

In the tumultuous aftermath of the First World War, thousands of young Germans defied the social mores of their parents - and the constricting influence of the established churches - in search of freedom, social equality, nature, and community. Hiking clubs were formed and work camps organized, and hundreds of rural folk schools and communes sprang up across the country. In the 1930s, Nazism swallowed this so-called Youth Movement virtually whole.

A Joyful Pilgrimage is the engaging story of a remnant that survived: the Bruderhof, a 75-year-old community that began when the author and her husband, a well-known writer and lecturer, abandoned their affluent Berlin suburb to start a new life and "venture of faith."

At first glance a memoir, A Joyful Pilgrimage 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 Emmy Arnold writes, can hold together those who believe in the "daily miracle" of community "through thick and thin."

Author: Emmy Arnold
ISBN-10: 0874869560
ISBN-13: 9780874869569
Publisher: Plough Publishing House
Language: English
Published: 05/25/2014
Pages: 179
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/11/1999 pg. 67