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Old Order Amish

Donald B. Kraybill
Old Order Amish Book PDF

Author : Donald B. Kraybill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002252774

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Old Order Amish by Donald B. Kraybill Pdf

Here at last is an authentic portrait of the Amish, in striking photographs and honest accounts of their daily concerns and enduring traditions. Photographer Lucian Niemeyer earned the trust and friendship of Amish families by helping to harvest crops on their farms in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County, site of one of the oldest Amish settlements in North America. After "many backbreaking days" in the fields, he gained acceptance in a community that draws sharp lines of separation from the outside world--and has, by tradition, shunned photography. With the encouragement of his Amish friends who welcomed the chance to correct inaccurate accounts of Amish ways, Niemeyer began to assemble this honest and sensitive photographic record. He worked without filters or darkroom manipulations, using only natural light. The results are unprecedented--photographs of families, community gatherings, even the seldom seen interiors of Amish homes and schools. These unique images capture the deliberate simplicity and the natural beauty that characterize Amish life in Lancaster County. In the accompanying text, Donald Kraybill--author of the highly acclaimed Riddle of Amish Culture--tells the often surprising story of today's Old Order Amish. His introduction provides a sweeping overview of Amish life in North America and explains how a traditional people have managed not merely to survive but to flourish in the midst of modern life. In thirty-five "vignettes" throughout the book, Kraybill explains Amish views on issues ranging from "Childbirth" and "Women Entrepreneurs" to "The Riddles of Farm Machinery," "Sowing Wild Oats," and "The Politics of Separation." His concluding essay examines why modern observers are so drawn to the Amish and their traditional values.

A Peculiar People

Elmer Schwieder,Dorothy Schwieder
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Author : Elmer Schwieder,Dorothy Schwieder
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781587298486

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A Peculiar People by Elmer Schwieder,Dorothy Schwieder Pdf

Now back in print with a new essay, this classic of Iowa history focuses on the Old Order Amish Mennonites, the state’s most distinctive religious minority. Sociologist Elmer Schwieder and historian Dorothy Schwieder began their research with the largest group of Old Order Amish in the state, the community near Kalona in Johnson and Washington counties, in April 1970; they extended their studies and friendships in later years to other Old Order settlements as well as the slightly less conservative Beachy Amish. A Peculiar People explores the origin and growth of the Old Order Amish in Iowa, their religious practices, economic organization, family life, the formation of new communities, and the vital issue of education. Included also are appendixes giving the 1967 “Act Relating to Compulsory School Attendance and Educational Standards”; a sample “Church Organization Financial Agreement,” demonstrating the group’s unusual but advantageous mutual financial system; and the 1632 Dortrecht Confession of Faith, whose eighteen articles cover all the basic religious tenets of the Old Order Amish. Thomas Morain’s new essay describes external and internal issues for the Iowa Amish from the 1970s to today. The growth of utopian Amish communities across the nation, changes in occupation (although The Amish Directory still lists buggy shop operators, wheelwrights, and one lone horse dentist), the current state of education and health care, and the conscious balance between modern and traditional ways are reflected in an essay that describes how the Old Order dedication to Gelassenheit—the yielding of self to the interests of the larger community—has served its members well into the twenty-first century.

Train Up a Child

Karen Johnson-Weiner
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Author : Karen Johnson-Weiner
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 0801884950

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Train Up a Child explores how private schools in Old Order Amish communities reflect and perpetuate church-community values and identity. Here, 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 codes 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 the dominant society. In the most comprehensive study of Old Order schools to date, Johnson-Weiner provides valuable insight into how variables such as community size and relationship with other Old Order groups affect the role of these schools in maintaining behavioral norms and in shaping the Old Order's response to modernity.

Introduction to Old Order and Conservative Mennonite Groups

Stephen Scott
Introduction to Old Order and Conservative Mennonite Groups Book PDF

Author : Stephen Scott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781680992434

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Introduction to Old Order and Conservative Mennonite Groups by Stephen Scott Pdf

This book tells a story which until now has not been available in such an interesting and comprehensive form. What holds these people together? Why are they growing in number? Where do they live? The Old Order Mennonites are less well known than the Amish, but are similar in many beliefs and practices. Some Old Order Mennonites drive horses and buggies. Others use cars for transportation. Conservative Mennonite groups vary a great deal, but in general espouse strong faith and family life and believe that how they live should distinguish them from the larger society around them. The author details courtship and wedding practices, methods of worship, dress, transportation, and vocation. Never before has there been such an inside account of these people and their lives. The author spent years conferring and interviewing members of the various groups, trying to portray their history and their story in a fair and accurate manner. An enjoyable, educational, inspiring book.

On the Backroad to Heaven

Donald B. Kraybill,Carl Desportes Bowman,Carl F. Bowman
On the Backroad to Heaven Book PDF

Author : Donald B. Kraybill,Carl Desportes Bowman,Carl F. Bowman
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0801870895

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On the Backroad to Heaven by Donald B. Kraybill,Carl Desportes Bowman,Carl F. Bowman Pdf

This first comparative study sketches the differences as well as the common threads that bind these groups together.

Old Order Mennonites

Daniel B. Lee
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Author : Daniel B. Lee
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830415734

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Old Order Mennonites by Daniel B. Lee Pdf

Lee focuses on the Weaverland Conference of Old Order Mennonites, a group formed in 1893 and now consisting of over 5,000 members. A large concentration of Weaverland Mennonites live in upstate New York near Seneca Falls, and Lee focuses his easily readable sociological study on that community. Individual chapters deal with the worship, rituals, rules, and discipline of the group, and with a number of recent defections to a more mainstream Mennonite Church located in the same area. Lee argues that Weaverland Mennonites are held together by their practices alone, rather than by a common underlying set of beliefs. --Choice Magazine

An Amish Patchwork

Thomas J. Meyers,Steven M. Nolt
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Author : Thomas J. Meyers,Steven M. Nolt
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0253345383

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An Amish Patchwork by Thomas J. Meyers,Steven M. Nolt Pdf

Offers an overview of the Amish and Mennonite communities in Indiana, describing the traditions, beliefs, and contributions of each community and discussing their impact on the state's history.

Horse-and-buggy Mennonites

Donald B. Kraybill,James P. Hurd
Horse and buggy Mennonites Book PDF

Author : Donald B. Kraybill,James P. Hurd
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780271028651

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Horse-and-buggy Mennonites by Donald B. Kraybill,James P. Hurd Pdf

Examining how the Wengers have cautiously and incrementally adapted to the changes swirling around them, this book offers an invaluable case study of a traditional group caught in the throes of a postmodern world."--Jacket.

The Miting

Dee Yoder
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Author : Dee Yoder
Publisher : Kregel Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780825443008

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The Miting by Dee Yoder Pdf

Leah is seventeen and Amish. Like many her age, she has lots of questions, but the temporary flight of freedom known as rumspringen is not the answer for her. She does not desire Englisher fashion, all-night parties, movies, or lots of boyfriends. Leah is seeking to understand her relationship with God, to deepen and broaden her faith by joining a Bible study hosted by an ex-Amish couple. She wants to know why Amish life is the only lifestyle her family accepts, why the church has so many rules, and . . . most disturbing, how godly men can allow her best friend to be abused in her own home. In the pressure-cooker environment of church and family, Leah is not allowed to ask these questions. When finally she reaches the breaking point, she walks away from the Old Order Amish life that is all she has known. Though adapting amiably to the Englisher world, Leah is tormented with homesickness. Returning to the community, however, entails a journey of pain and sorrow Leah could never have imagined. The miting—shunning—that will now be Leah’s unendurable oppression every day is beyond her most devoted attempts to believe or understand. All the bishop and her family ask is that she abandon her practice of reading the Bible. Is that a price she is willing to pay?

The Amish and the Media

Diane Zimmerman Umble,David L. Weaver-Zercher
The Amish and the Media Book PDF

Author : Diane Zimmerman Umble,David L. Weaver-Zercher
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801887895

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The Amish and the Media by Diane Zimmerman Umble,David L. Weaver-Zercher Pdf

"Of all the religious groups in contemporary America, few demonstrate as many reservations toward the media as do the Old Order Amish. Yet these attention-wary citizens have become a media phenomenon, featured in films, novels, magazines, newspapers, and television - from Witness, Amish in the City, and Devil's Playground to the intense news coverage of the 2006 Nickel Mines School shooting. But the Old Order Amish are more than media subjects. Despite their separatist tendencies, they use their own media networks to sustain Amish culture. Chapters in the collection examine the influence of Amish-produced newspapers and books, along with the role of informal spokespeople in Old Order communities.".

Rolling Down Black Stockings

Esther Royer Ayers
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Author : Esther Royer Ayers
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Ex-church members
ISBN : 0873388283

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Rolling Down Black Stockings is a personal recollection of Esther Royer Ayers's youth spent in a highly restrictive and confined religious community. Her story is as much a search for identity and a longing for a mother's love as it is a tale about a totalitarian culture that led to her departure from the Old Order Mennonite religion. This poignant story is told in three books: book 1 describes her youth in a farm community on the outskirts of Columbiana, Ohio; book 2 follows the struggles of Ayers as she tries to fit in with another culture after leaving the church when her family moves to Akron, Ohio; and book 3 discusses the history and cultural dynamics of the religion. Ayers recounts how the Old Order Mennonite Church came into existence. Her personal account begins when she was eight years old, watching as her mother took care of her sick father. With intel-ligence and insight, Ayers describes how her family coped with the burden of not having enough income, which meant that the children were expected to work instead of getting an education. her Mennonite community, Ayers relates her difficulties trying to fit in at the public school and how she and her siblings were required to fall classes so that they would be expelled. It concludes with reflections on what all this meant to her. A rare and moving memoir, Rolling Down Black Stockings is also a valuable piece of social history that will appeal to historians as well as those interested in separatist communities and women's studies.

Holding the Line

Diane Zimmerman Umble
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Author : Diane Zimmerman Umble
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015038126101

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Holding the Line by Diane Zimmerman Umble Pdf

"A historic perspective on how members of the close-knit communities and their leaders responded to the challenges posed by the intrusion of the telephone into long-standing traditions of work, silence, and visiting in the early 1900s" -- Harrisburg Patriot

Tradition and Transition

Paton Yoder
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Author : Paton Yoder
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579104689

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Tradition and Transition by Paton Yoder Pdf

This one hundred year story of the Amish church depicts the survival of the believers in the early part of the nineteenth century. Revealing the agony of the Great Schism of 1865 which fractured the Amish church, Yoder reveals the coming maturity of the Old Order Amish and the Amish Mennonites, who merged with the Mennonites early in the twentieth century. This book sheds light on the identity and heritage of faith and lifestyle of today's Amish and many Mennonites, and posits that although they hold in common the basic Christian faith, differences in their patterns of obedience remain.

The Amish

Steven M. Nolt
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Author : Steven M. Nolt
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421419565

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The Amish by Steven M. Nolt Pdf

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.

New York Amish

Karen M. Johnson-Weiner
New York Amish Book PDF

Author : Karen M. Johnson-Weiner
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801457623

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New York Amish by Karen M. Johnson-Weiner Pdf

In a book that highlights the existence and diversity of Amish communities in New York State, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on twenty-five years of observation, participation, interviews, and archival research to emphasize the contribution of the Amish to the state's rich cultural heritage. While the Amish settlements in Pennsylvania and Ohio are internationally known, the Amish population in New York, the result of internal migration from those more established settlements, is more fragmentary and less visible to all but their nearest non-Amish neighbors. All of the Amish currently living in New York are post-World War II migrants from points to the south and west. Many came seeking cheap land, others as a result of schism in their home communities. The Old Order Amish of New York are relative newcomers who, while representing an old or plain way of life, are bringing change to the state. So that readers can better understand where the Amish come from and their relationship to other Christian groups, New York Amish traces the origins of the Amish in the religious confrontation and political upheaval of the Protestant Reformation and describes contemporary Amish lifestyles and religious practices. Johnson-Weiner welcomes readers into the lives of Amish families in different regions of New York State, including the oldest New York Amish community, the settlement in the Conewango Valley, and the diverse settlements of the Mohawk Valley and the St. Lawrence River Valley. The congregations in these regions range from the most conservative to the most progressive. Johnson-Weiner reveals how the Amish in particular regions of New York realize their core values in different ways; these variations shape not only their adjustment to new environments but also the ways in which townships and counties accommodate-and often benefit from-the presence of these thriving faith communities.