The Development of Dutch Anabaptist Thought and Practice from 1539-1564

The Development of Dutch Anabaptist Thought and Practice from 1539-1564
Author: William Echard Keeney
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2024-01-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004617361

The writings of Menno Simons and Dirk Philips have been used as the basic materials for this study, the major aim of which is to discern the more or less normative position of the Mennonites or later Doopsgezinden during the first generation, with Menno Simons and Dirk Philips as their major spokesmen.

The Transition from Shamanism to Russian Orthodoxy in Alaska

The Transition from Shamanism to Russian Orthodoxy in Alaska
Author: S. A. Mousalimas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN:

Investigates why so many Alaskan natives adopted Russian Orthodoxy so quickly and easily during the late 18th and 19th centuries, and continue to adhere to it today. Mousalimas (anthropology and theology, Oxford U.) finds surprising parallels between the fundamental beliefs and practices of Alaskan