Mennonite Doctrine and Entrepreneurship

James O. Fiet ()
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James O. Fiet: University of Louisville

Chapter Chapter 16 in Religious Doctrines and their Influence on Entrepreneurship, 2023, pp 105-112 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Mennonite Church emerged as a part of the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century. They are also known as Anabaptists because they rejected infant baptism in favor of adult baptism. In 1515, a group of Anabaptists broke away from the Protestant and Catholic ranks to become known as Mennonites. In 1536, a former Dutch Catholic, Menno Simons, their namesake, joined their ranks and rose to a leadership position (Dana and Dana in Collective Entrepreneurship in a Mennonite Community in Paraguay. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010). At times it has been accused of being both too pacifist and too liberal. Here are its doctrines:

Keywords: Holy Trinity; Nicene Creed; Ecclesiastical authority; Spirituality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-43386-3_16

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