Books – Mennonite Studies

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  From the Inside Out

  The Rural Worlds of Mennonite Diarists

  Royden Loewen (Author)

  Historian Royden Loewen has brought together selections from diaries kept by 21 Mennonites in Canada between 1863 and 1929, some translated from German for the first time. By skillfully comparing and contrasting a wide cross-section of lives, Loewen shows how these diaries often turn the hidden contours of household and community “inside out.”

  Published October 1999 | Ethnic Studies, History, Mennonite Studies

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  In Her Own Voice

  Childbirth Stories from Mennonite Women

  Katherine Martens (Author)

  Winnipeg writer Katherine Martens interviewed 26 women from the Mennonite community in southern Manitoba, ranging in age from 22 to 88 years old. In the privacy of their kitchens and parlours, over sociable cups of tea, they share with Martens their private fears and joys about what was often seen as a rite of passage into responsible adulthood, and they recalled that childbirth could be a difficult and, at times, traumatic event, but it could also be a radiant and spiritual experience.

  Published May 1997 | Ethnic Studies, Mennonite Studies, Women’s Studies

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  Singing Mennonite

  Low German Songs Among the Mennonites

  Doreen Helen Klassen (Author)

  In this pioneering book, Doreen Helen Klassen explores a collection of Mennonite Low German songs and rhymes.

  Published January 1989 | History, Mennonite Studies