None but Saints: The Transformation of Mennonite Life in Russia 1789-1889

By James Urry

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0920534805
• ISBN13: 9780920534809
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Hyperion Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Concise history of first 100 years of Mennonites in Russia

This book offers an overview of the fascinating first 100 years of Mennonites in Russia. Written in academic style for a university audience, it nicely mixes economic, religious and sociological history to present a rounded overview of this diverse and evolving community. Some will wish for more of a human element to this history; although certain individuals feature prominently, the discourse of the book generally remains at a detached scholarly level. Some readers will wish for a more detailed description of day-to-day life in colonial Mennonite Russia. All readers will probably regret that the book ends in 1889; what was to happen to this fascinating community in the communist revolution, for instance? Written by a largely sympathetic non-Mennonite, and based on both Mennonite and non-Mennonite sources, this book does not shy away from the skeletons in the closet that a Mennonite historiographer might try to gloss over.