The Courts and the Colonies: The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes (Law and Society) - Softcover

Esau, Alvin J.

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ISBN 10: 077481117X ISBN 13: 9780774811170

Verlag: University of British Columbia Press, 2005

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Esau's references to these factors in the social and economic context and his understanding of the theological issues supplement his thorough analysis of the legal issues and specifically the question of freedom for religious groups. Together, they make this a most valuable book. -- William Janzen, Ottawa Office of Mennonite Central Committee Canada * Canadian Historical Review * Anyone thinking the secular courts can solve a church conflict should read this book before launching such action. It is a sobering cautionary tale. * Presbyterian History * [The Courts and the Colonies] was riveting, and we found it hard to put down each night when time came to turn off the light and catch forty winks. -- Anglicans Online The Courts and the Colonies is an informative discussion ... It is a valuable addition to Hutterite studies specifically ... more generally the book has important things to say about the legal status of all communal religious societies in North America. -- Rod Janzen, School of Humanities, Religion and Social Sciences, Fresno Pacific University * Great Plains Research, vol 16, no.1, Spring 2006 * A good read. -- J. Mark Ramseyer, Harvard Law School * The Mennonite Quarterly Review *

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The Courts and the Colonies offers a detailed account of a protracted dispute arising within a Hutterite colony in Manitoba, when the Schmiedeleut leaders attempted to force the departure of a group that had been excommunicated but would not leave. This resulted in about a dozen lawsuits in both Canada and the United States between various Hutterite factions and colonies, and placed the issues of shunning, excommunication, legitimacy of leadership, and communal property rights before the secular courts. What is the story behind this extraordinary development in Hutterite history? How did the courts respond, and how did that outside (state) law relate to the traditional inside law of the Hutterites? Utilizing voluminous court records, Esau provides a detailed and fascinating narrative of the prolonged disputes and litigation history of Hutterite colonies at Lakeside, Oak Bluff, Rock Lake, and Huron. He considers whether the legal action was consistent with the historic non-resistance of Hutterites or whether it signaled a fundamental change in norms of Anabaptist perspectives on litigation. He examines the past history of Hutterite litigation, and how the roots of the schism related to controversy over the Schmiedeleut leadership and its alliance with the Bruderhof, a group of Christian communalists, living mainly in the Eastern United States. At stake is the nature of freedom of religion in Canada and the extent to which our pluralistic society is prepared to accommodate the existence of groups that have an illiberal legal system that may not cohere with the outside legal system of the host society. While this book will be of particular interest to scholars of law and religion, it will also appeal to anyone in Anabaptist studies, sociology, anthropology, political theory, and conflict resolution.

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• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 077481117X
• ISBN 13: 9780774811170
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400