Young Center books in Anabaptist and Pietist studies
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-134) and index.
Contents
Meet the Amish -- Amish roots -- Living the old order -- Community and church -- Rumspringa : Amish gone wild? -- Family and schooling -- Work and technology -- The Amish and their neighbors -- Amish images in modern America.
Summary
Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork and collaborative research, The Amish: A Concise Introduction is a compact but richly detailed portrait of Amish life. In fewer than 150 pages, readers will come away with a clear understanding of the complexities of these simple people.
Amish immigrants of Waldeck and Hesse : a record of 263 immigrants, with a record of their descendants to those who were married by about 1865, plus historical records of Germany, shiplists, etc
A collection of histories of 100 extinct Amish settlements which existed between 1840 and 1960 in thirty-two states and Mexico. Broken down by state and county with maps and numerous illustrations and statistics. Names of settlers and challenges faced are included in some cases
This authoritative book on Amish education deals with many questions: 1-why do the Amish have their own schools? 2-what goals do Amish teachers have for their "scholars"? 3-how are teachers chosen? 4-how are the parents involved? 5-what curriculum materials are used? 6-what about children with special needs? Co-author Sara Fisher writes from her experience as an Amish school teacher; co-author Rachel Stahl writes from her years of extensive research.
John A. Hostetler (1918–2001) is author of the best-selling Amish Society and the widely acclaimed Hutterite Society, both available from Johns Hopkins. Raised in the Amish faith, he was founding director of the Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, and a former professor of anthropology and sociology at Temple University.)
Bibliography: p. 385-401.
Contents
Foundations Models for Understanding Amish Society -- The Birth of Amish Society -- To America -- Stability and Fulfillment --The Amish Charter -- The Community --- Agriculture and Subsistence --- The Amish Family --- Child Nurture and Training ---The Life Ceremonies --- Ritual Integration of the Community --- The Symbolism of Community and Custom ---Patterns of Change--- Government and the Amish --- Change and Fragmentation --- Deviation and Vulnerability --- Health and Healing --- Backstage Amish Life --- Responses to Change --- Survival The Discourse with Survival
Indhold: Foundations (Models for understanding Amish society -- The birth of Amish society -- To America) -- Stability and fulfillment (The Amish Charter -- The community -- Agriculture and subsistence -- The Amish family -- Child nurture and training -- The lifeceremonies -- Ritual integration of the community -- The symbolism of community and custom) -- Patterns of change (Change and fragmentation -- Deviation and vulnerability -- Health and healing -- Backstage Amish life -- Responses to change) -- Survival (The discourse with survival).
