Hutterites: Religion and Community

Religion and Community What is the relationship between religious belief and practice, and community as depicted in The Hutterites in North America? And is community possible without religious belief, and vice-versa? Hutterite colonies or communities evolve around the belief that absolute authority resides in a single supernatural being, an omnipotent God, who created the universe and placed everything in a divine order and hierarchy. All events are ordered of God and nothing happens without the …

…technology, education, government, etc., as other community members do. Religion within many or most aspects of the community is essentially removed. Also within the community, will be people who do not hold any religious beliefs. They simple go through life on a day-to-day basis without holding any special or higher beliefs, beyond their daily interactions. Therefore, I do believe community is possible without religious belief or a variety or religious beliefs within a single community.