In Search Of Promised Lands Hc

Ontario Mennonites and Amish are among the most diverse in the worldin their historical migrations and cultural roots, in their theological responses to the world around them, and in the ways they have pursued personal and communal salvation. In Search of Promised Lands, by archivist Samuel J. Steiner, describes the emergence and evolution of today's thirty-plus streams of Ontarians who have identified themselves as Mennonite or Amish. He considers how various Mennonite groups have adapted to or resisted evangelical fundamentalism and mainline Protestantism and identifies the nineteenth- and twentieth-century shifts toward personal salvation and away from submission to the church community. From the perils of wartime to the pressures of assimilation, displacement, and conflict, Ontario Mennonites have traveled together as a diverse people, seeking unity, faithfulness, and God's provision along the way.

“This long-needed and much-anticipated history of Mennonites in Ontario does not disappoint. Steiner has undertaken meticulous research to offer a comprehensive narrative that balances the local and particular with broader contextual explanations for how the startling diversity of Mennonites in Ontario today came to be. This grand survey will be the definitive reference work on the subject for years to come.”