{"product_id":"bruderhof-history-my-life-in-community-paperback","title":"Bruderhof History: My Life in Community - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmmy Arnold\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the tumultuous aftermath\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Joyful Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e is the engaging story\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt first glance\u003c\/b\u003e a memoir, \u003ci\u003eA Joyful Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmmy Arnold (1884-1980) was born in Riga, Latvia, to a prominent family of academics. As an adult she turned her back on the middle-class milieu of her upbringing and married Eberhard Arnold, a revolutionary public speaker. In 1920 the couple left their Berlin home and founded a rural commune in the village of Sannerz that still exists in the form of the Bruderhof, a communal movement in the northeastern U.S.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 179\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 25, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453522329778,"sku":"9780874869569","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a9662ef0e42ebd09c932e4435a93a16c.webp?v=1778833169","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/bruderhof-history-my-life-in-community-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}