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Hoover Mennonites in Belize: A History of Expansion in the Shadow of Separation

open access: yesThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2018
We examine the migration history of the Old Order Hoover Mennonites located in the small, multi-ethnic country of Belize. The Hoover Mennonites live in the settlements of Upper Barton Creek, Springfield, Birdwalk, and Roseville.
Carel Roessingh, Daniëlle Bovenberg
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What we leave behind: poetry, music, and Seamus Heaney [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Seamus Heaney’s death in late summer, 2013, came as a shock and is now a residual sadness. I miss his guidance, his humanity, his humor. Heaney’s presence, through the poems, has been a richly-colored thread connecting each stage of my life—or at least ...
Tyler, Meg
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Review of Weber, Urias. 2018. New Beginnings: A History of the Old Order Mennonites of Ontario. Wallenstein, ON: Vineyard Publications.

open access: yesThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2019
Old Order Mennonites do not write many books so when they do it is worth paying attention. Urias Weber’s first book makes a significant contribution by providing details of the growth and expansion of new Old Order Mennonite communities in Ontario. Urias
Andrew Martin
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Diversity in Rural Communities: Palliative Care for the Low German Mennonites

open access: yesJournal of Rural and Community Development, 2015
Multiculturalism is an important concept in Canada although there has been limited examination of its meaning in rural settings. To expand this knowledge base, this article presents the Low German (LG) Mennonites as a case example within a context of ...
HaiYan Fan, Judith Kulig
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Review of Reflections on Old Order German Sects in Berks County: Past, Present and Future—Owen Reitenauer, et al. (eds.)

open access: yesThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2020
Berks County with its diamond-shaped area of 864 square miles located in southeastern Pennsylvania is rich in history and scenic resources. Its mild climate, fertile soil, and the Schuylkill River attracted European settlers in the beginning of the ...
Berit Jany
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From Catharine to Khrushchev: The story of Russia\u27s Germans [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
Reviewed Book: Giesinger, Adam. From Catharine to Khrushchev: The story of Russia\u27s Germans.
Threinen, Norman J.
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Not of This World': The Emergence of the Old Colony Mennonites

open access: yesThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2016
By the early twenty-first century, Old Colony Mennonites constituted a diaspora across the Americas. They maintained distinctive conservative dress and selectively rejected aspects of modern technology.
Hans Werner
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Review of Women Talking—Miriam Toews

open access: yesThe Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2020
Women Talking is Canadian writer Miriam Toews’ seventh novel. She has also written a memoir about her father and starred in the 2007 art house film about Old Colony Mennonites in Mexico, Silent Light, written and directed by Mexican filmmaker, Carlos ...
Sabrina Völz
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