‘Chickens, Crops, and Tractors’: The Use of Machines as Sacred Resource in Mennonite Fresh Air Hosting Programs
This essay argues that machines filled a sacred purpose in the middle of the twentieth century that has gone unrecognized by scholars of religion. The Mennonites who hosted African-American children from urban environments for one- to two-week stays in the country used tractors to promote their reli...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox Publ.
2010
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Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2010, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 153-181 |
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B Industrialization B tractors B fresh air program B Religion B Children B City |
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