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- From: helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
- Subject: Re: Hutterites Today
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.013514.14289@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan2.234908.3086@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1993Jan3.211428.21168@honte.uleth.ca>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 01:35:14 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan3.211428.21168@honte.uleth.ca>, buchignani@hg.uleth.ca writes:
- |> Hutterites continue to thrive; there are about 30,000 today, 2/3rds
- |> in Canada, 1/3 in the U.S.
-
- Hmmmn....interesting--the book read I was written in the 60's and it said
- that then there were 30,000. Also it said that they had a high rate of
- natural increase. I would have expected a population at least twice as
- great today. Anybody know what happened?
-
- |> With the qualification that the book
- |> you read probably (as most) provided you with a highly idea
- |> image of the Hutterites, they have tended to maintain more or
- |> less what they want of that life, and have changed the rest.
- |> Again, with the qualification that colonies are independent, and
- |> hence diverse, they remain communal, rural-based, etc.
-
- Cool.
-
- |> There are (by their standards) some rather rapid changes going on re:
- |> more individualized consumer culture, and for men, a greater latitude
- |> in dress and behaviour; Thursdays around here (their traditional
- |> coming to town day) the malls are awash with them...
-
- Fascinating. I wonder if these changes are going to be a threat to their
- communal way of life. The book I read said that the socialization which
- individuals went through was phenominally successful in preparing them for
- communal living, but I would think that more exposure to the outside world
- could only weaken them as a people.
-