Background
Durnbaugh, Donald Floyd was born on November 16, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Floyd Devon and Ruth Elsie (Tombaugh) Durnbaugh.
(Examines the early 18th-century formation and expansion o...)
Examines the early 18th-century formation and expansion of the Church of the Brethren in Europe. Hardcover.
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(Historical look at the lives of the Brethren in the colon...)
Historical look at the lives of the Brethren in the colonies through the end of the Revolutionary War. Hardcover.
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(A scholarly yet readable history of the Brethren from the...)
A scholarly yet readable history of the Brethren from the beginning in Europe to the present day in North America and around the globe.
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university professor Church historian
Durnbaugh, Donald Floyd was born on November 16, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Floyd Devon and Ruth Elsie (Tombaugh) Durnbaugh.
Bachelor, Manchester College, Indiana, 1949. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Manchester College, Indiana, 1980. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1953.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1960. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Juniata College, Pennsylvania, 2003.
Born in 1927, Durnbaugh earned a bachelor"s degree in history from Manchester College in North Manchester, Indiana, in 1949. Durnbaugh went on to earn a master"s degree in history from the University of Michigan in 1952 and a doctorate in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1960. Durnbaugh taught at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania from 1958 until he went to Bethany Theological Seminary in 1962 to teach church history.
In 1988, Durnbaugh became the J. Omar Good Distinguished Visiting Professor at Juniata and, in 1989, the Carl West. Ziegler Professor of History and Religion at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Juniata College in 2003. Durnbaugh died on Saturday, August 27, 2005 at Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, while returning from a trip to Europe.
(A scholarly yet readable history of the Brethren from the...)
(Historical look at the lives of the Brethren in the colon...)
(Examines the early 18th-century formation and expansion o...)
(Book by Donald F. Durnbaugh, Carl Desportes Bowman)
Alternative service as conscientious objector, 1953-1956. Fellow Young Center for Study of Anabaptist and Pietist Groups. Associate Institute of Mennonite Studies.
Member American Society Church History, Brethren Journal Association, Society German American Studies, Communal Studies Association, Pennsylvania German Society.
Married Hedwig Therese Raschka, July 10, 1952. Children: Paul D., Christopher S., Renate E.