Authors: Donald B. Kraybill,Steven M. Nolt,David L. Weaver-Zercher

The Amish Way (35 page)

BOOK: The Amish Way

4.97Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub

Read Book Download Book

ads

Wagler, David. n.d.
Are All Things Lawful?
Aylmer, ON: Pathway Publishers.

Wallmann, Jeffrey M. 1999.
The Western: Parables of the American Dream
. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press.

Warren, Rick. 2002.
The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
Grand Rapids, MI.: Zondervan.

Weaver-Zercher, David L. 2001.
The Amish in the American Imagination
. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Writings of David A.Troyer,The
. 1998. Aylmer, ON: Pathway Publishers.

Yoder, John H., ed. and trans. 1977.
The Schleitheim Confession
. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press.

Yoder, Paton. 1991.
Tradition and Transition: Amish Mennonites and Old Order Amish, 1800-1900
. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press.

Yoder, Sarah Jean. 1995.
Benjie, the In-Between Boy
. Aylmer, ON: Pathway Publishers.

Pathway Publishers is an Amish-owned publisher. Items in the references published by Pathway as well as other books from its annual catalog can be obtained by writing to Pathway Publishers, Route 4, Aylmer, Ontario N5H 2R3 Canada.

THE AUTHORS

DONALD B. KRAYBILL is distinguished professor and senior fellow at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. He has studied and published on numerous Anabaptist communities in North America. His books include
The Riddle of Amish Culture
(rev. ed., 2001),
The Amish and the State
, an edited collection (rev. ed., 2003), and
Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites
(2010), all published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

STEVEN M. NOLT is professor of history at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana. He has studied Amish history and culture across many settlements. His books include
A History of the Amish
(rev. ed., Good Books, 2003),
Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits
(2nd ed., with Donald B. Kraybill, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004), and
Plain Diversity
:
Amish Cultures and Identities
(with Thomas J. Meyers, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007).

DAVID L. WEAVER-ZERCHER is professor of American religious history at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. He has written extensively on mainstream Americans’ interest in and perceptions of the Amish. His books include
The Amish in the American Imagination
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001) and two edited volumes,
Writing the Amish:The Worlds of John A. Hostetler
(Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005), and
The Amish and the Media
(with Diane Zimmerman Umble, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008).

INDEX

Abortion

Abstellung

Abuse

Actions, “Rules of a Godly Life” on

Activism
See also
Nonresistance

Acts

Adam and Eve

Addiction

Affiliations: definition of; diversity among

Age(s): mingling of different; seating according to

Alcohol abuse

Almanac

Alms collection

Alternative therapies

Amish: diversity among; geographic concentrations of; “green,”; historical origins of; immigration of, to North America; imperfections of; national steering committee of; occupations of; population growth of; social/governmental organization of; strengths of

Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
(Kraybill, Nolt, Weaver-Zercher)

Amish Society
(Hostetler)

Amish way: applicability of, to modern world; benefits of; cost-benefit analysis of; costs of; learning from
See also
Spirituality, Amish

Ammann, J.

“Amo-bashing,”

Anabaptists: Amish division from; history and persecution of

Animals: domestic; hunting; treatment of
See also
Cows; Horses

Anointing with oil, rite of

Appliances
See also
Material possessions; Technology

Art: accepted types of; constraints on

Astrology

Augustine

Ausbund
(hymnal): as the distinguishing Amish hymnal; family use of; singing style and; variants of
See also
Hymns

Avoidance.
See
Shunning

Baptism: adult; breach of vows of; commitments of; percentage of teenagers who choose; preparation for; rejection of infant; rite and meaning of; teenagers’ choice of

Barn raising

Battery power

Beachy, L.

Beachy, S. J.

Beards

Beiler, A.

Beiler, D.

Beiler, J. F.

Beiler, M.

Beiler, M. A.

Bellah, R.

Bench wagon

Bender, S.

“Bent-and-dent” stores

Berry picking

Beside Still Waters

Bible: adhesion to authority of; King James; Luther’s German;
Ordnung
’s relationship to; reading and study of; review of history from, on Communion Sunday; versions used
See also
New Testament; Old Testament;
individual book headings

Binford, H.

Binoculars

Bird watching

Bishop: authority of; in baptism rite; in communion rite; consent of, to marry; in disciplinary rituals; in minister selection; and
Ordnung
; role of

Bitterness

Blank, A.

Blank, B.

Boats

Bookbinder

Borkholder, A.

“Born again”: Amish “new birth”
versus
; concept of

Büchner’s German Concordance

Buggies: as means of transportation; new;
Ordnung
guidelines for; prohibition against passing others’

Burial

Business: insurance for; restrictions on size of; trends and types of

Cain

Car accidents

Car rides

Card showers

Cars

Case for Christ,The
(Strobel)

Cell phones

Chambers, O.

Chanting

Charity funds

Childbirth

Children; adult, who leave the church; choice of, to join the church; connection of, with nature; developmentally disabled; disciplining; grandparents and; habit-forming practices for; nonresistance instilled in; obedience instilled in; patience instilled in; prayers and songs of; raising, as sacred calling; religious values instilled in; service attendance of; simplicity instilled in;
uffgevva
instilled in; work discipline for
See also
Teenagers

Christenpflicht, Die Ernsthafte
(The Prayer Book for Earnest Christians): in Communion service; contents of; as the distinguishing Amish prayer book; family readings from; in last rite; in restoration service; in Sunday worship service; on treatment of animals; versions of

Christianity: Amish spirituality situated in; Anabaptist history in; evangelical; problem of evil in; salvation in

Chupp, M.

Church directories

Church discipline: disobedience and; Dordrecht Confession and; penalties of; procedures for; restoration and; submission to
See also
Disciplinary procedures;
Ordnung

Church district.
See Gmay

Church hopping

Church membership; commitments of; excommunication from; marriage and; outsider conversion to; restoration to; shunning and; suspension of; voluntary nature of
See also Gmay

Church purity

Church wagon

Church worship.
See
Communion; Sunday worship services

“Church-First Businesswoman” vignette

Church-state separation

City life

Clothing: mourning; reusing; “Rules of a Godly Life” on; self-surrender in; standard of plain; wedding

College

Colossians 3:12-13

Communion; Five-Sunday sequence of preparation for; postponement of; sermons for; suffering of Christ and; Sunday and service of; unity and harmony required for

Community, Amish: baptism into; benefits of tight-knit; cars as threat to; children in; church as; closeness and comprehensiveness of; discipline in; gender roles in; “giving up” to; importance of people and; intergenerational relationships in; material possessions and; mutual aid in; security of; spirituality and; stability of; weddings and; worship and
See also Gmay

Computers

Confession: confidentiality of; of excommunicated members; of
Ordnung
violations; prior to communion; rejection of, by the nonrepentant

Conflicts: discipline and; facing
versus
avoiding; forgiveness and; mainstream American approach to; mending, prior to communion

Congregation.
See Gmay

Construction work

Consumerism

Contentment: of Amish women; benefits of; limits and; “Rules of a Godly Life” on; simple living and; in submission and obedience

Contraception

Convenience, lack of

Converts and conversion

1 Corinthians: 1:3

2 Corinthians 9:7