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| Strangers At Home: Amish and Mennonite Women in History | View shopping basket | |
| by Kimberly D. Schmidt, Diane Zimmerman Umble, & Steven D. Reschly | ||
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hardcover, 398 pages, $42.00 | Add... | |
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Related Items Women Amish History | This collection of original essays focuses on the rich,
historically diverse, and often misunderstood experiences of Amish,
Mennonite and other women of Anabaptist traditions across 400 years.
Equal parts sociology, religious history, and gender studies, the book
explores the changing roles and issues surrounding Anabaptist women in
communities ranging from 16th century Europe to contemporary North
America. Among the topics addressed by the contributors are: How
womanhood was defined by early Anabaptist societies; How 19th century
Amish tightened the connections among the individual, the family, the
household, and the community; The changing work world and domestic
life; The recent ascendancy of antimodernism and plain dress among the
Amish; and The special difficulties faced by scholars from within the
Anabaptist tradition who use historical or sociological methods to
study that culture. Copyright 2002 John Hopkins University Press | |
| Train Up a Child: Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools | View shopping basket | |
| by Karen M. Johnson-Weiner | ||
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hardcover with dust jacket, 290 pages, $49.95 | Add... | |
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Related Items Amish | Train Up a Child explores how private schools in Older
Order Amish communities reflect and perpetuate church-community values
and identity. Karen M Johnson-Weiner asserts that the reinforcement of
those values among children is imperative to the survival of these
communities in the modern world. Surveying settlements in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, Johnson-Weiner finds that, although Old Order communities have certain similarities in their code of conduct, there is no standard Old Order school. She examines the choices each community makes-about pedagogy, curriculum, textbooks, even school design-to strengthen religious ideology, preserve the social and linguistic markers of Old Order identity, and protect their own community's beliefs and values from the influence of dominant society. Copyright 2007 John Hopkins University Press | |
| The Riddle of Amish Culture | View shopping basket | |
| by Donald B. Kraybill | ||
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paperback, 424 pages, $17.95 | Add... | |
Cover... Related Items Amish Series Cultures | The Riddle of Amish Culture has become recognized as a
classic work on one of America's most distinctive religious
communities. But many changes have occurred within Amish society over
the past decade, from westward migrations and a greater familiarity
with technology to the dramatic shift away from farming into small
business, which is transforming Amish culture. For this revised
edition, Donald B. Kraybill has taken these recent changes into
account, incorporating new demographic research and new interviews he
has conducted among the Amish. In addition, he includes a new chapter
describing Amish recreation and social gatherings, and he applies the
concept of "social capital" to his sensitive and penetrating
interpretation of how the Amish have preserved their social networks
and the solidarity of their community. Center Books for Anabaptist Studies series Copyright 2001 John Hopkins University | |
| On the Backroad to Heaven: Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren | View shopping basket | |
| by Donald B. Kraybill & Carl Desportes Bowman | ||
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paperback, 352 pages, $18.95 | Add... | |
Cover... Related Items Amish Series Cultures | On the Backroad to Heaven is a unique guidebook to the world of Old Order Anabaptist groups. Focusing on four Old Order communities--the Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren--Donald B. Kraybill and Carl Desportes Bowman provide a fascinating overview of their culture, growth, and distinctive way of life. Following a general introduction to Old Order culture, they show how each group uses a different strategy to create and sustain its identity. The Hutterites, for example, keep themselves geographically segregated from the larger society, whereas the Brethren interact more freely with it. The Amish and Mennonites are more alike in how they engage the outside world, adopting a complex but flexible strategy of compromise that produces an evolving canon of social and religious rules. This first comparative study sketches the differences as well as the common threads that bind these groups together. Center books for Anabaptist Studies series. Copyright 2002 John Hopkins University | |
| The Amish and the State | View shopping basket | |
| by Donald B. Kraybill, editor | ||
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paperback, 370 pages, $19.95 | Add... | |
Cover... Related Items Amish Series | In The Amish and the State Donald Kraybill brings
together legal scholars and social scientists to explore the unique
series of conflicts between a traditional religious minority and the
modern state. In the process, the authors trace the preservation--and
the erosion--of religious liberty in American life. Kraybill begins
with an overview of the Amish in North America and describes the
"negotiation model" used throughout the book to interpret a variety of
legal conflicts. Subsequent chapters deal with specific aspects of
religious freedom over which the Amish and the state have clashed.
Focusing on the period from 1925 to 2001 in the United States, the
authors examine conflicts over military service and conscription,
Social Security and taxes, education, health care, land use and zoning,
regulation of slow-moving vehicles, and other first amendment issues.
New concluding chapters, by constitutional expert William Ball, who
defended the Amish before the Supreme Court in 1972 in the landmark
Wisconsin v. Yoder case, and law professor Garret Epps, assess the
Amish contribution to preserving religious liberty in the United
States. Center Books in Anabaptist Studies series. Copyright 2003 John Hopkins University | |
| Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits | View shopping basket | |
| by Donald B. Kraybill & Steven M. Nolt | ||
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paperback, 304 pages, $19.95 | Add... | |
Cover... Related Items Amish Business Lancaster County Series | Amish culture has been rooted in the soil since its beginnings in
1693. But what happens when members of America's oldest Amish community
enter non-farm work in one generation? How will hundreds of cottage
industries and micro-enterprises reshape the heart of Amish life? Will
traditional eighth grade education still prove adequate? What about
gender roles, child-rearing practices, leisure activities, and growing
ties with outsiders? Amish Enterprise was the first book to
discuss these dramatic changes that are transforming Amish communities
across North America. Based on interviews with more than 150 Amish
entrepreneurs, the authors trace the rise and impact of businesses in
Lancaster's Amish settlement in recent decades. In this new edition,
the authors update demographic and technological changes, and also
describe Amish enterprises outside of Pennsylvania in a new chapter.
Center Books in Anabaptist Studies series Copyright 2004 John Hopkins University | |
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