Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies – serie
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Nature and the Environment in Amish Life
Av David L. McConnell, Marilyn D. Loveless
Häftad, 2018
611 kr
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The Amish relationship to the environment is much more complicated than you might think.The pastoral image of Amish communities living simply and in touch with the land strikes a deep chord with many Americans. Environmentalists have lauded the Amish as iconic models for a way of life that is …
Train Up a Child
Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools
Inbunden, 2007
656 kr
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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 …
Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War
Av James O. Lehman, Steven M. Nolt
Inbunden, 2007
626 kr
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During the American Civil War, the Mennonites and Amish faced moral dilemmas that tested the very core of their faith. How could they oppose both slavery and the war to end it? How could they remain outside the conflict without entering the American mainstream to secure legal conscientious objector …
Amish and the Media
Av Diane Zimmerman Umble, David L. Weaver-Zercher
Inbunden, 2008
480 kr
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This collection is the first scholarly treatment of the relationship between the Amish and the media in contemporary American life. The essays not only focus on the Amish as subjects in mainstream media-news, movies, TV-but also view them as producers and consumers of media themselves. Of all the …
Amish Paradox
Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community
Av Charles E. Hurst, David L. McConnell
Häftad, 2010
435 kr
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Holmes County, Ohio, is home to the largest and most diverse Amish community in the world. Yet, surprisingly, it remains relatively unknown compared to its famous cousin in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Charles E. Hurst and David L. McConnell conducted seven years of fieldwork, including interviews with …
Introduction to German Pietism
Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Europe
Inbunden, 2013
896 kr
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"An Introduction to German Pietism" provides a scholarly investigation of a movement that changed the history of Protestantism. The Pietists can be credited with inspiring both Evangelicalism and modern individualism. Taking into account new discoveries in the field, Douglas H. Shantz focuses on …
Introduction to German Pietism
Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Europe
Häftad, 2013
456 kr
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"An Introduction to German Pietism" provides a scholarly investigation of a movement that changed the history of Protestantism. The Pietists can be credited with inspiring both Evangelicalism and modern individualism. Taking into account new discoveries in the field, Douglas H. Shantz focuses on …
Pacifists in Chains
The Persecution of Hutterites during the Great War
Häftad, 2014
463 kr
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To Hutterites and members of other pacifist sects, serving the military in any way goes against the biblical commandment "thou shalt not kill" and Jesus' admonition to turn the other cheek when confronted with violence. Pacifists in Chains tells the story of four young men - Joseph Hofer, Michael …
Latino Mennonites
Civil Rights, Faith, and Evangelical Culture
Inbunden, 2014
650 kr
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Felipe Hinojosa's parents first encountered Mennonite families as migrant workers in the tomato fields of northwestern Ohio. What started as mutual admiration quickly evolved into a relationship that strengthened over the years and eventually led to his parents founding a Mennonite Church in South …
Growing Up Amish
The Rumspringa Years
Häftad, 2014
330 kr
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On the surface, it appears that little has changed for Amish youth in the past decade: children learn to work hard early in life, they complete school by age fourteen or fifteen, and a year or two later they begin Rumspringa - that brief period during which they are free to date and explore the …
Serving the Amish
A Cultural Guide for Professionals
Häftad, 2014
487 kr
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Serving the Amish is a targeted guide for professionals who care for or interact with Plain people: doctors, nurses, law enforcement officers, judges, social workers, psychotherapists, and addiction counselors, among others. For these professionals, knowing the "what" of Amish life is not enough. …
California Mennonites
Av Brian Froese
Inbunden, 2015
611 kr
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Books about Mennonites have centered primarily on the East Coast and the Midwest, where the majority of Mennonite communities in the United States are located. But these narratives neglect the unique history of the multitude of Mennonites living on the West Coast. In California Mennonites, Brian …
Martyrs Mirror
A Social History
Inbunden, 2016
707 kr
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Approximately 2,500 Anabaptists were martyred in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe. Their surviving brethren compiled stories of those who suffered and died for the faith into martyr books. The most historically and culturally significant of these, The Bloody Theater-more commonly …
Amish Quilts
Crafting an American Icon
Häftad, 2017
363 kr
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Quilts have become a cherished symbol of Amish craftsmanship and the beauty of the simple life. Country stores in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and other tourist regions display row after row of handcrafted quilts. In luxury homes, office buildings, and museums, the quilts have been preserved and …
Pennsylvania Dutch
The Story of an American Language
Häftad, 2019
455 kr
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The fascinating story of America's oldest thriving heritage language.Winner of the Dale W. Brown Book Award by the Young Center for Anabaptists and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown CollegeWhile most world languages spoken by minority populations are in serious danger of becoming extinct, …
Mennonite Farmers
A Global History of Place and Sustainability
Häftad, 2021
611 kr
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A comparative global history of Mennonites from the ground up.Winner of the Dale W. Brown Book Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Shortlisted for the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize by the Canadian Historical Association, Nominee of the Margaret McWilliams Award by the …
Fooling with the Amish
Amish Mafia, Entertaining Fakery, and the Evolution of Reality TV
Av Dirk Eitzen
Inbunden, 2022
525 kr
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Using Amish Mafia as a window into the interplay between the real and the imagined, this book dissects the peculiar appeals and potential dangers of deception in reality TV and popular entertainment.When Amish Mafia was released in 2012, viewers were fascinated by the stories of this secret group …
Amish Women and the Great Depression
Av Katherine Jellison, Steven D. Reschly
Inbunden, 2023
576 kr
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A detailed look at how Amish women sustained family farming during the Great Depression.At the end of the Great Depression, the US Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE) designated the Old Order Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the most economically and culturally stable agricultural …
Dancing on the Devil's Playground
The Amish Negotiate with Modernity
Häftad, 2024
462 kr
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An inside look at the unique balance the Amish strike between tradition and the demands of the modern world.From technology to social forces, the Amish face an evolving modern world. Their facility in determining whether to accept, reject, or bargain with the options that challenge them allows for …
Plain Diversity
Amish Cultures and Identities
Av Steven M. Nolt, Thomas J. Meyers
Inbunden, 2007
528 kr
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Plain and simple. American popular culture has embraced a singular image of Amish culture that is immune to the complexities of the modern world: one-room school houses, horses and buggies, sound and simple morals, and unfaltering faith. But these stereotypes dangerously oversimplify a rich and …
Mennonites in Early Modern Poland and Prussia
Inbunden, 2009
535 kr
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At a time when religious conflicts and persecution plagued early modern Europe, Poland and Prussia were havens for Mennonites and other religious minorities. Noted Anabaptist scholar Peter J. Klassen examines this extraordinary example of religious tolerance. Through extensive archival research in …
Amish Paradox
Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community
Av Charles E. Hurst, David L. McConnell
Inbunden, 2010
626 kr
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Holmes County, Ohio, is home to the largest and most diverse Amish community in the world. Yet, surprisingly, it remains relatively unknown compared to its famous cousin in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Charles E. Hurst and David L. McConnell conducted seven years of fieldwork, including interviews with …
Hutterites in North America
Inbunden, 2010
470 kr
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One of the longest-lived communal societies in North America, the Hutterites have developed multifaceted communitarian perspectives on everything from conflict resolution and decision-making practices to standards of living and care for the elderly. This compellingly written book offers a glimpse …
Daily Demonstrators
The Civil Rights Movement in Mennonite Homes and Sanctuaries
Inbunden, 2010
665 kr
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The Mennonites, with their long tradition of peaceful protest and commitment to equality, were castigated by the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. for not showing up on the streets to support the civil rights movement. Daily Demonstrators shows how the civil rights movement played out in Mennonite …
Selling the Amish
The Tourism of Nostalgia
Inbunden, 2012
522 kr
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More than 19 million tourists flock to Amish Country each year, drawn by the opportunity to glimpse "a better time" and the quaint beauty of picturesque farmland and handcrafted quilts. What they may find, however, are elaborately themed town centers, outlet malls, or even a water park. Susan L. …
Thrill of the Chaste
The Allure of Amish Romance Novels
Inbunden, 2013
600 kr
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Browse the inspirational fiction section of your local bookstore, and you will likely find cover after cover depicting virtuous young women cloaked in modest dresses and wearing a pensive or playful expression. They hover innocently above sun-drenched pastures or rustic country lanes, often with a …
Thrill of the Chaste
The Allure of Amish Romance Novels
Häftad, 2013
307 kr
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Browse the inspirational fiction section of your local bookstore, and you will likely find cover after cover depicting virtuous young women cloaked in modest dresses and wearing a pensive or playful expression. They hover innocently above sun-drenched pastures or rustic country lanes, often with a …
Why the Amish Sing
Songs of Solidarity and Identity
Inbunden, 2014
391 kr
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Singing occurs in nearly every setting of Amish life. It is a sanctioned pleasure that frames all Amish rituals and one that enlivens and sanctifies both routine and special events, from household chores, road trips by buggy, and family prayer to baptisms, youth group gatherings, weddings, and …
Pennsylvania Dutch
The Story of an American Language
Inbunden, 2016
587 kr
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While most world languages spoken by minority populations are in serious danger of becoming extinct, Pennsylvania Dutch is thriving. In fact, the number of Pennsylvania Dutch speakers is growing exponentially, although it is spoken by less than one-tenth of one percent of the United States …
Amish
A Concise Introduction
Häftad, 2016
169 kr
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There seems to be no end to our fascination with the Amish, a religious minority that has both placed itself outside the mainstream of American culture and flourished within it. Yet most people know very little about the nuanced relationship the Amish have with society or their own communities. …
