Writing the Amish the worlds of John A. Hostetler
| Other Authors: | Weaver-Zercher, David, 1960- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University Park :
The Pennsylvania State University Press,
c2005.
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| Series: |
Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001) ;
v. 38. Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001). Pennsylvania German history and culture series ; no. 5. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Perspectives on John A. Hostetler. 1. An Amish beginning / John A. Hostetler, with Susan Fisher Miller
- 2. The redemptive community: an island of sanity and silence / Donald B. Kraybill
- 3. Plain folk and folk society: John A. Hostetler's legacy of the little community / Simon J. Bronner
- 4. An uneasy calling: John A. Hostetler and the work of cultural mediation / David L. Weaver-Zercher
- Part II. Writings of John A. Hostetler. 5. Letter to Amish bishops concerning shunning (1944)
- 6. Toward a new interpretation of sectarian life in America (1951)
- 7. Excerpt from Amish life (1952)
- 8. God visits the Amish (1954)
- 9. Why is everybody interested in the Pennsylvania Dutch? (1955)
- 10. The Amish use of symbols and their function in bounding the community (1964)
- 11. Persistence and change patterns in Amish society (1964)
- 12. The Amish way of life is at stake (1966)
- 13. Old Order Amish child rearing and schooling practices: a summary report (1970)
- 14. Folk medicine and sympathy healing among the Amish (1976)
- 15. The Amish and the law: a religious minority and its legal encounters (1984)
- 16. Marketing the Amish soul (1984)
- 17. A new look at the Old Order (1987)
- 18. Toward responsible growth and stewardship of Lancaster County's landscape (1989)
- The life of John A. Hostetler: a chronology
- The publications of John A. Hostetler: a bibliography.