Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof
By (Author) Markus Baum
Foreword by Jim Wallis
Edited by Bruderhof
Plough Publishing House
Plough Publishing House
23rd January 1998
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Biography: historical, political and military
Christianity
Religious social and pastoral thought and activity
289.7092
Physical Properties
Paperback
310
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
Description
This biography examines the forces that shaped the life of Eberhard Arnold and the people he associated with. The author recreates an era where thousands of young men and women in Weimar Germany rejected conventional mores and struck out on a different path. Arnold, a leader of this so-called Youth Movement, played a highly visible role at the outset but later dropped out to live the controversial answers he has found.
Reviews
ALA Booklist Arnold's is truly an amazing and enlightening spiritual journey. The Warcry Since the time of Jesus, small groups of earnest Christians have tried to live by the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount While many Christians have viewed these ethics as for a time yet to come, others have insisted Jesus meant for his followers to live them in the here and now. Here is an account of one such Christian
