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

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Abuse of power.
See also
Domestic abuse
 
Acceptance
 
Action-over-talk ethic: discipleship and; forgiveness and; salvation and; in schoolbook story
 
Acts:
 
Acts of grace, Amish: culture of revenge
versus
; media coverage of; to outsiders in disasters; to Roberts family.
See also
Forgiveness, Amish
 
Admiration, of Amish forgiveness
 
Adolescents
 
Adult baptism.
See
Baptism, adult
 
Affiliations
 
Aftermath.
See
Shooting aftermath
 
Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade
 
Alewijns, H.
 
Amazement, at Amish forgiveness
 
American mainstream society: Amish discipline
versus
; Amish grief
versus
; commentators’ laments about; forgiveness in; individualism in; revenge ethic in; transferability of Amish forgiveness to; violence in
 
Amish and the Media, The
(Umble and Weaver-Zercher)
 
Amish and the State, The
(Kraybill)
 
Amish culture and society; Anabaptist habits and; anger and; collectivism of; communications in; distinguished from other Anabaptists; diversity and subgroups of; domestic abuse in; families in; forgiveness as integral to; forgiveness practices in; gender roles in; grief in; growth of; history of; moral order of; mutual aid in; occupations in; organization of; positive and negative attributes of; publicity and; shunning in; youth in.
See also
Lancaster Amish settlement; Nickel Mines community
 
Amish faith: discipleship and practice in; forgiveness as integral to;
Gelassenheit
in; Lord’s Prayer in; martyr stories in; other Christian theologies compared with; prayer in; public speaking about; roots of forgiveness in; salvation-forgiveness linkage in; spirituality of forgiveness in; views of providence in.
See also
Forgiveness, Amish; Spirituality, Amish
 
Amish forgiveness.
See
Forgiveness, Amish
 
Amish immigration and settlements
 
Amish in the American Imagination, The
(Weaver-Zercher)
 
Amish schools: characteristics of; forgiveness taught in; historical background on; informal visits at; languages in; Lord’s Prayer in; schoolbooks in; security in; technology in.
See also
West Nickel Mines School
 
Ammann, J.
 
Anabaptists: beliefs of; discipleship tradition of; “gathered church” sacrament in; habits of; history of; persecution of.
See also
Martyrs, Amish
 
Angels
 
Anger: Amish; displacement of; forgiveness and; resentment
versus
 
Anna Mae
 
Apology, as condition for forgiveness
 
Associated Press
 
Atheists
 
Ausbund
(Amish hymnal)
 
Automobiles: Amish deaths by; Amish relationship to
 
Autumn
 
Axis of Logis Web site
 
B
 
Baptism, adult: Anabaptist belief in; submission and; transgression of vows of.
See also Ordnung;
Transgression of
Ordnung
 
Barclay, W.
 
Bart Amish Cemetery
 
Bart Township, population of.
See also
Lancaster Amish settlement; Nickel Mines community
 
Bart Township Fire Company: Amish working in; firehouse command center of; fund-raiser for; at funeral processions
 
Bass. B.
 
Batteries
 
Baumann.
 
“Because We Care” motorcyclist fund-raiser
 
“Bedenke Mensch das Ende,”
 
Before Forgiving
(Murphy and Lamb)
 
Beliefnet.com
, “Most Inspiring People of 2006,”
 
Bench wagons
 
Bereaved families.
See
Families of victims
 
Berne, Indiana, attack incident in
 
Between Vengeance and Forgiveness
(Minow)
 
Bible: on forgiveness; on publicity; religious education through.
See also specific book headings
 
Bin Laden, O.
 
“Bind Us Together with Love,”
 
Bishop Eli
 
Bishops.
See also
Leaders, ordained
 
Black mourning dress
 
Bloody Theater or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians, The (Martyrs Mirror). See Martyrs Mirror
 
Bontrager, H.
 
Boston Globe
 
Budget, The
 
Bush administration
 
Businesses, Amish
 
C
 
Calvin, J.
 
Carriages.
See
Horse-and-buggies
 
Cars.
See
Automobiles
 
CBS
 
Cemetery
 
Children: death of, Amish coping with; disciplining; emotional trauma of; teaching, about forgiveness; and teenagers.
See also
Amish schools; Victims of shooting
 
Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia
 
Chittister, J.
 
Christian Broadcasting Network
 
Christian faith: Amish compared with others’; defining a life in; discipleship in; forgiveness in; providence and.
See also
Amish faith
 
Christian Right, Amish-inspired critiques of
 
Christian Science Monitor
 
Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware
 
Church authority: biblical source for; domestic abuse and; for pardoning members; submission to; two-kingdom theology and.
See also Ordnung
 
Church districts: affiliations and; in Lancaster; organization of
 
Church services.
See
Communion; Worship services
 
Church-state separation, Anabaptist belief in
 
Circle letters
 
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
 
Classic Word Processor
 
Clinton-Lewinsky scandal
 
Clothing: Amish; mourning
 
CNN
 
Coatesville Savings Bank
 
Coblentz.
 
Coblentz, M.
 
Coblentz, P.
 
Collectivism, Amish: anger and; authority of; and aversion to publicity; and decision to forgive
 
Colossians
 
Columbine School shootings
 
Comfort quilt
 
Communal support.
See
Collectivism; Mutual aid
 
Communion; communal aspect of; Council Meeting prior to; preparation period for
 
Communion Sunday
 
Compassion
 
Confession, as condition for pardon
 
Confidentiality, of Members Meetings
 
Consequences: Amish acceptance of;
versus
revenge
 
“Consider, Man, the End,”
 
Construction workers
 
Consumerism
 
Cooper-White, P.
 
1 Corinthians: 5
 
2 Corinthians 5:19
 
Council Meetings
 
Critiques of Amish forgiveness: as emotionally suppressive; examination of; as hypocritical; overview of; as pressured; as showing indifference; as showing lack of self-respect; as too quick
 
Crockett, S.
 
Cronk, S.
 
Cross-Cultural Psychology
(Shiraev and Levy)
 
Crucifixion: God’s providence and; as model of forgiveness; as model of nonresistance
 
Cry of Tamar, The
(Cooper-White)
 
Cultural osmosis
 
Culture: defining and understanding; emotional experience and; reactions to tragedy and.
See also
American mainstream society; Amish culture and society
 
Curriculum, in Amish schools
 
D
 
Dalai Lama
 
Deacons.
See also
Leaders, ordained
 
Death: Amish rituals for; finding meaning in
 
Decisional forgiveness
 
Democratic Talk Radio
 
Diary-writing
 
Diaz, G.
 
Die Botschaft
(The News)
 
Die ernsthafte Christenpflicht
 
“Dirk Willems and the Thief Catcher,”
 
Discipleship tradition
 
Displacement
 
Dispute resolution: in Council Meeting; four-step process for; grudges and
 
Districts.
See
Church districts
 
Divine providence.
See
God’s providence
 
Divine punishment
 
Doblmeier, M.
 
Dobson, J.
 
Domestic abuse: in Amish community; forgiveness of
 
Donations: from Amish community; Amish gratitude for; inclusion of Roberts family in; management of; from outsiders.
See also
Funds
 
Dordrecht Confession of Faith
 
Duhamel.
 
E
 
Early Show
 
East Nickel Mines district
 
Ecclesiastes, on forgiveness
 
Educational system. See also Amish schools; Religious education
 
Electric power
 
Emergency transport
 
Emma (teacher): on day of shooting; on resuming school; update on, as of 2009,
 
Emotional forgiveness
 
Emotional healing: forgiveness as part of; progress in, as of 2009. See also Grieving
 
Emotional suppression: Amish anger and; outsiders’ perceptions of; self-renunciation and
 
Emotional trauma: of the children; of the parents
 
Emotions and emotional expression: Amish anger and; Amish grief and; cultural conditioning of
 
Engineers, Amish
 
English, the (non-Amish): in Bart Township; bonding with, in grief support groups; as neighbors; pardon of, as state’s responsibility; resentment by, of media coverage; support given by; as “taxi drivers,” two-kingdom theology and

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