The Amish Way (35 page)
Authors: Donald B. Kraybill,Steven M. Nolt,David L. Weaver-Zercher
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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.
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).
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).
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
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)
(Kraybill, Nolt, Weaver-Zercher)
Amish Society
(Hostetler)
(Hostetler)
Amish way: applicability of, to modern world; benefits of; cost-benefit analysis of; costs of; learning from
See also
Spirituality, Amish
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
See also
Cows; Horses
Anointing with oil, rite of
Appliances
See also
Material possessions; Technology
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
(hymnal): as the distinguishing Amish hymnal; family use of; singing style and; variants of
See also
Hymns
Avoidance.
See
Shunning
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
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
Ordnung
; role of
Bitterness
Blank, A.
Blank, B.
Boats
Bookbinder
Borkholder, A.
“Born again”: Amish “new birth”
versus
; concept of
versus
; concept of
Büchner’s German Concordance
Buggies: as means of transportation; new;
Ordnung
guidelines for; prohibition against passing others’
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)
(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
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
(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
See also
Disciplinary procedures;
Ordnung
Church district.
See Gmay
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
See also Gmay
Church purity
Church wagon
Church worship.
See
Communion; Sunday worship services
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
See also Gmay
Computers
Confession: confidentiality of; of excommunicated members; of
Ordnung
violations; prior to communion; rejection of, by the nonrepentant
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
versus
avoiding; forgiveness and; mainstream American approach to; mending, prior to communion
Congregation.
See Gmay
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
Corporal punishment
Costco
Council Meeting
Court trials: participation in; silence in
Cows; grass-fed
Creation
Crime
Crucifixion
Dairies
David, King
Dawdyhauses
(grandparent houses)
(grandparent houses)
Day Christ Died,The
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