Learning about Amish Life
Bibliography
Expanded index
NAVIGATING THE INFORMATION
Learning About Amish Life
A Pocket Guide to Amish Life could not exist without the kind Amish folks who welcomed Mindy and her husband John into their homes, answered questions, aided research, helped in countless other ways, and even provided feedback and guidance on the finished manuscript.
Special thanks are also due to...
...Erik Wesner of www.AmishAmerica.com. Erik's input and connections were invaluable on this project. If you enjoy learning about the Amish, you'll simply love his blog! You might also check out his book Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive
Erik Wesner
...Dave Siegrist of the Mennonite Information Center, who provided an enormous amount of information and insight into Amish life.
The Mennonite Information Center in Lancaster, PA.
Dave Siegrist demonstrates how to open the front windshield of an Amish buggy
...Steve and Jamie Shane of the Apple Bin Inn, who facilitated interviews, meetings, and meals with the Amish for Mindy's research. Mindy highly recommends the Apple Bin Inn: Not only is the place lovely, but Steve is the perfect host/guide and Jamie makes the best stuffed French toast on the planet!
Bibliography for A Pocket Guide to Amish Life
Much of the information in A Pocket Guide to Amish Life was gleaned from personal interviews, private tours, and the following sources:
Books
C. Arnold Snyder, Anabaptist History and Theology: An Introduction (Kitchener, ON: Pandora Press, 1995).
David Weaver-Zercher, The Amish in the American Imagination (Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 2001). The Amish in the American Imagination
David Weaver-Zercher and Diane Zimmerman Umble, eds., The Amish and the Media (Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press, 2008). The Amish and the Media
Donald B. Kraybill, ed., The Amish and the State, 2nd ed. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003). The Amish and the State
Donald B. Kraybill, The Amish of Lancaster County (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2008). The Amish of Lancaster County
Donald B. Kraybill, The Puzzles of Amish Life, rev. ed. (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1998). The Puzzles of Amish Life
Donald B. Kraybill, The Riddle of Amish Culture, 2nd ed. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001). [The Riddle of Amish Culture
Donald B. Kraybill and Steven M. Nolt, Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits, 2nd ed. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004).
Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, and David L. Weaver-Zercher, Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2007). Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
Donald B. Kraybill and Carl Desportes Bowman, On the Backroads to Heaven: Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002). On the Backroad to Heaven: Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren
Eugene S. Stine, Pennsylvania German Dictionary (Birdsboro, PA: The Pennsylvania German Society, 1996).
Gail Keffer, Amish Paper Dolls (New Wilmington, PA: Americana, 1996).
Harvey Yoder, The Happening (Berlin, OH: TGS International, 2008). The Happening—Nickel Mines School Tragedy
Joe Wittmer, The Gentle People: An Inside View of Amish Life (Washington, IN: Black Buggy, 2007). The Gentle People: An Inside View of Amish Life
John A. Hostetler, Amish Life (Scotdale, PA: Herald Press, 1983).
John A. Hostetler, Amish Society, 4th ed. (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993). Amish Society
John A. Hostetler and Gertrude En10ders Huntington, Amish Children: Education in the Family, School, and Community, 2nd ed. (New York, NY: Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich, 1992). Amish Children: Education in the Family, School, and Community (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
Karen Johnson-Weiner, Train Up a Child: Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007). Train Up a Child: Old Order Amish and Mennonite Schools
Kate Burridge and Werner Enninger, eds., Diachronic Studies on the Languages of the Anabaptists (Bochum : N. Brockmeyer, 1992).
Leonard Plotnicov, American Culture: Essays on the Familiar and Unfamiliar (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990).
Lucy Hanley, The Amish in Words and Pictures (Gettysburg, PA: Americana Souvenirs and Gifts).
Mark W. Dewalt, Amish Education in the United States and Canada (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Education, 2006). Amish Education in the United States and Canada
The Mennonite Encyclopedia, 5 vols. (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1955-90).
Merle Good and Phyllis Good, 20 Most Asked Questions about the Amish and Mennonites, rev. ed. (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1995). 20 Most Asked Questions About the Amish & Mennonites
Nina Berend and Elisabeth Knipf-Komlsi, eds., Sprachinselwelten: The World of Language Islands (Frankurt, Germany: Peter Lang Publishing, 2006).
Richard Stevik, Growing Up Amish, (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007). Growing Up Amish: The Teenage Years
Sara E. Fisher and Rachel K. Stahl, The Amish School (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1997). The Amish School
Stephen M. Scott, Amish Houses & Barns, rev. ed. (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2001). Amish Houses And Barns
Stephen M. Scott, The Amish Wedding and Other Special Occasions of the Old Order Communities (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1988). Amish Wedding and Other Special Occasions
Stephen M. Scott, Plain Buggies: Amish, Mennonite and Brethren Horse-Drawn Transportation, rev. ed. (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1998). Plain Buggies
Stephen M. Scott, Why Do They Dress That Way? rev. ed. (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1997). Why Do They Dress That Way?
Stephen Scott and Kenneth Pellman, Living Without Electricity, rev. ed. (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1999) Living Without Electricity
Steven M. Nolt, A History of the Amish, rev. ed. (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2003). A History Of The Amish
Steven M. Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers, Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007). Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities
T.J. Redcay, The Old Order Amish in Plain Words and Pictures (Gettysburg, PA: Americana Souvenirs & Gifts, 2000).
Tom Shachtman, Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amish (New York, NY: North Point Press, 2006). Rumspringa: To Be or Not to Be Amish
Victor McKusick, Medical Genetic Studies of the Amish: Selected Papers, Assembled with Commentary (Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1978). Medical Genetic Studies of the Amish: Selected Papers
Articles
A Very Brief Introduction to the Pennsylvania German Language,The Pennsylvania German Society.
American Languages: Our Nation's Many Voices Online Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures.
Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Amish Migration Trends 1992-2007 and 2002-2007.
"Quilting," The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007.
Andrea Sachs, Amish Romance Novels: No Bonnet Rippers. Time, April 27, 2009.
Brad Igou, Back to School: Amish Style. Amish Country News.
Chris Armstrong, Christian History Corner: The Amish Come Knocking, Christianity Today, July, 2004.
Damien McElroy, Amish killer's widow thanks families of victims for forgiveness.
Eric Gorsky,Christian fiction: Buggies to vampires, Portland Press Herald, July 18, 2009.
Glenn Rifkin, The Amish Flock From Farms to Small Businesses, New York Times, January 7, 2009.
Jeff Jacoby, Undeserved forgiveness, Boston Globe, October 8, 2006.
Lawrence P. Greksa and Jill E. Korbin, Key Decisions in the Lives of the Old Order Amish: Joining the Church and Migrating to Another Settlement, Mennonite Quarterly Review, 76, no. 4 (July 2002).
Marlow Ediger, "Examining the Merits of Old Order Amish Education," Education, Vol. 117, 1997.
Megan Manni and The Associated Press, Gunman Reportedly Bent on 'Revenge' Kills Girls, Self at Amish School.
Sasha Issenberg, "The Simplest Life: Why Americans Romanticize the Amish," Washington Monthly, Vol. 36, October 2004.
Stephen Scott,Amish Migration Trends 1992-2007 and 2002-2007.
Thomas J. Meyers, Amish, Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online.
Thomas J. Meyers, "The Old Order Amish: To Remain in the Faith or to Leave," Mennonite Quarterly Review, 68, no. 3 (July 1994).
Amish, in Webster's New World College Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, Inc., (Cleveland, Ohio: Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2005).
Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA.
Films
A Train Ride Through Amish Country, EIV Productions, 1995. VHS.
Amish Values & Virtues: Plain & Simple, EIV Productions, 1994. 60 minutes, VHS.
An Amish Barn Raising, EIV Productions, 1994. VHS.
An Amish Country Adventure: Exploring the Back Roads of Holmes County, EIV Productions, 1994. 80 minutes, VHS.
Jerry Erwin, Who Are the Amish? The People's Place, 30 minutes, theatrical viewing.
Lucy Walker, The Devil's Playground, Wellspring, 2003. 77 minutes, DVD. Devil's Playground
Ohio, Bennett-Watt Media, 2004. 60 minutes, DVD.
Blog
Erik Wesner, www.AmishAmerica.com.
Accommodations & Facilitation
The Apple Bin Inn, Willow Street, PA
Expanded index for A Pocket Guide to Amish Life
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P/Q R S T U/V W X/Y/Z
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A People of Preservation, 126
A Widow's Hope, 11
Abroth, 113
abuse, 33, 54
academia, 128
accent, 75
acceptance, 58-59, 61
accessories, 68, 72
accountability, 26
Acts, 32, 41
adaptations, 17, 81
adultery, 31, 50
affiliation, 13, 35, 37, 38, 45, 47, 61, 67
agrarian society/lifestyle, 13, 15, 91, 101
agriculture, 101, 102
air travel, 87
alcohol, 106
alfalfa, 90
Alsatian region, 56
Amish America blog, 44, 98
Amish in the City, 127
Amish National Steering Committee, 32
Amish taxi, 87
Ammann, Jakob (Jacob), 13, 17, 56-57
Anabaptist/Anabaptism, 27, 28, 35, 55-56, 90, 109, 129
ancestors, 135
animals, 45, 95, 96, 97
apostles, 32, 53
appliances, 78-82
illustration, 82
apron(s), 70, 72, 119
arithmetic, 102
arranged marriages, 132
art, 103
assurance of salvation/heaven, 16, 19, 130-131
attendants, wedding, 114
Ausbund, 76
authority, 14, 20, 23, 38, 51, 52, 67, 104, 130
ban, 51, 53
bank(s), 132
baptism/baptize, 6, 25, 39, 40, 45, 48, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 83, 105, 107, 109-111, 125
barefoot, 68, 71, 98
barn raising, 11, 25, 139
barn, 11, 25, 36, 43, 56, 79, 81, 85, 98, 113, 139
battery/batteries, 80, 88, 134
Beachy Amish, 16, 58
beam-and-peg, 25
beard, 31, 70, 73, 91, 125
bed courtship, 107-108
bedroom, 107
beliefs, 18-21, 23, 34, 35, 37, 56-57, 136
belt buckle(s), 69
bench(es)/bench wagon, 43, 45, 113
Berks County, 57
Bible, 19, 27, 30, 33, 42, 45, 51, 77, 114, 137
see also Scripture
bibliography, 137
bicycle, 48-49, 87
birth control, 134
birth rate, 60
birthing center, 133
bishop, 23, 37, 39-41, 44, 51, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 133
blinkers, on buggies, 88
blood types, 135
blue gate, 133
bonnet, 71, 91, 125
illustration, 9, 71
bride, 112-116, 133
broadfall, trousers, 69, 71
budget, 100, 134
buggy/buggies, 15, 33, 86-89, 91, 95, 125, 132
illustration, 9, 88
bundling, 107-108
burial/burial clothing, 117-119
business, 30, 53, 75, 82, 91, 95, 96
button(s), 68, 69, 70
Byler, Mary, 54
cable television, 79, 84
calculator, 80
camera, 84
Canada, 14, 35, 36, 37
cape(s), 70
illustration, 71
car insurance, 79, 86
car loan, 86
car repairs, 86
car(s), 78, 79, 86-89, 106, 110, 125
carriage styles, 16, 87-88
illustration, 88
casket, 117-118
Catholicism, 56, 136
celery, 115-116
cell phone, 82-83, 84, 106
cemetery, 118
illustration, 118
chain saw, 80
challenge/challenges, 8, 13, 30, 43, 91
character, 8
Charming Nancy, 57
child labor, 32
child safety, 97-98, 128
childhood, 95-99
children, 9, 23, 33, 43, 45, 55, 60, 62, 68, 71-72, 83, 87, 88, 95-99, 100-104, 128, 133, 135, 138, 140
illustration, 71, 87
choosing leaders, 15, 40, 41-42
chores, 24, 25-26, 42, 45, 62, 69, 71, 90-91, 95-99, 113, 117-118
Christ, 18, 19, 34, 42, 53, 92, 141
Christian(s), 13, 17, 18-19, 27, 28, 33, 55, 77, 100, 130, 136
Christlike/Christlikeness, 20, 47, 67, 139
church and state, 32, 55-56, 58
church building, 15, 36
church discipline, 16, 39, 50-54, 139
church leaders, see leaders/leadership
church service(s), 25, 36, 37, 40, 43-45, 48, 76, 93, 111, 113-114,
church, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24, 25, 29, 36, 37, 39-42, 45, 47-48, 50-54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 61, 63, 68, 70, 71, 74, 80, 87, 106-108, 109-111, 112, 114, 125, 132, 133, 138
class/classes, 103, 109-110
climate, 61
Clinic for Special Children, 135
clothing, storage, 72
illustration, 72
clothing/dressing, 7, 13, 15, 16, 17, 29, 47, 67-73, 110, 118, 123, 124, 125, 138
illustration, 71, 72
coal, 81
coat, 70
coercion, 28
collar(s), 68
colonies/colonists, 57, 74
color, 68-73, 87
comfort, emotional, 26, 117
comfort, physical/uncomfortable, 18, 43, 108
commitment, 8, 42, 48, 50, 52, 107
communion, 39, 40, 42, 45, 48, 57, 111
community, 8, 20, 22-27, 33, 45, 47, 49, 53, 70, 75, 79, 80, 86, 96, 97, 100, 105, 107, 113, 115, 117, 119, 131, 132, 136, 139, 141
compound bows, 134
compressed air, 81-82
computer(s), 62, 78, 79, 82, 103, 140
confess/confession, 50, 51, 52, 54
conflict(s), 29, 124
conform/conformity, 27
congregation/congregational, 35, 38, 39-42, 43-46, 48, 57, 109, 112, 113, 133
congregational meeting, 39, 45, 48, 56
conscientious objectors, 28, 33
conservative, 14, 16, 17, 69, 106, 107, 130
construction, 25, 91
contraception, 134
convenience, 13, 62, 141
convert/conversion, 62
cooking, 7, 62, 91, 95, 96
cooperation, 37, 103, 135
copy machines, 80
Corinthians, 53, 69
corn, 25, 90
correspondence course, 103
cost of land, 59, 90
council meeting, 45, 48
court, legal, 33, 58, 102
courting wagon, 106
courtship, 106, 107, 112, 115-116
covering, 67-70, 114
illustration, 71
creativity, 63, 103
critical analysis, 103
crops, 25, 90
cult, 18, 130
culture clash/culture differences, 7-10, 63, 123-129, 138-141
curiosity, 7, 22, 58-59, 87
curriculum, 100, 102
danger, 97-98, 127-128
dates/dating, 106
deacon, 39, 40-41, 111, 112
death, 27, 56, 117-119
debate, 48, 82
decorations, 49, 116
defining the Amish, 13-17
demut, 96
denial of self, 62, 68
Deutsch, 75
Devil's Playground, 127
diabetes, 135
dialect, 15, 17, 44, 74, 75
dictionary, 13
Die Ernsthafte Christenpflicht, 77
dignity, 23, 97, 140
diplomacy, 41
discipline, 16, 39, 50-54, 57, 139
disobedience, 39, 50, 121
disorders, 135-136
disputes/differences/division, 13-16, 39, 48, 58
district, 14, 16, 19, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 61, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 80-81, 82-83, 87, 88, 102, 106, 107, 110, 114, 132, 134, 135
diversity, 58
divine appointment, 15, 41
DNA, 135
doctor/physician, 131
doctrinal purity, 57
doctrine, see theology
documentaries, 126-127, 128
domestic skills, 96
Dordrecht Confession of Faith, 109
drama, 103, 126
drawing lots, 15, 41-42, 110
dress, manner of, see clothing
dress(es), 70, 72, 73
driver's license, 106
drugs, 106, 127
Dutch, 75
dwarfism, 135
economy, 61
education, 15, 32, 47, 58, 62, 91, 100-104, 123, 138
Eicher, Jerry S. , 93
Eighteen Articles, 14, 110
eighth grade, 15, 101, 102
elder, church, 23, 50, 51
elder/elderly, 50, 97, 131, 140
electricity, 28, 62, 78, 80, 138
Elkhart/LaGrange, Indiana, 35
Ellis, Mary, 11
email, 79
embalm, 118
engagement, 112, 133
English, language, 17, 74-77, 103
English/Englisch, person, 17, 44, 110
entertainment/entertaining, 126-127, 141
entrepreneurs, 91
estate tax, 30
eternal life, 18-19, 130-131
etymology, 13
eulogy, 118
excommunication, 22, 40, 41, 51-52, 57, 130
exempt/exemption, 30, 33, 131
exercise, 89
Exodus, 84
expansion, 13, 60-63
exploitation, 17, 59, 125, 127
extended family, 117
fabric, 68, 70, 71
facial hair, 16, 67, 125
factory, 91
facts, 8, 126-127, 129, 130-137
faith culture, 14, 17, 19, 124, 130, 131
faith, 8, 10, 14, 17, 18-21, 27, 28, 39, 44, 46, 50, 55-56, 62, 76-77, 105-106, 109, 111, 125, 130, 131, 133, 136
family planning, 134
family wagon, 88
family, 20, 29, 35, 36, 43, 45, 48, 49, 51, 52, 57, 60-61, 71, 78, 79, 86, 88, 91, 95-99, 101, 106, 112-116, 117-119, 134, 139-141
fancy, 17, 69
far from home, 48, 79, 86, 101
farm equipment, 25, 80, 98
farm/farming/farmer/farmland, 24, 60, 61, 62, 82, 87, 89, 90, 97, 98, 117, 118
Fascinating Fact, 9, 17, 29, 36, 42, 75, 84, 107, 115, 119, 137
feast, 113, 114
feed grinder, 81
fellowship, 26, 37, 139
felt hat, see hat
fiction, Amish, 11, 65, 93, 121, 125, 126, 128-129, 141
film(s), 124-128
finances, 24, 30, 40, 41, 55, 130, 131, 139
financial aid, 23-24, 40, 45, 139
flashlights, 80
Flip Side, The, 9, 26, 33, 54
flirting, 106
flowers, 89, 118
food preparation, 25, 62, 91, 95-96, 113
foot washing, 45, 57
footwear, 67-72
For Richer or Poorer, 126
Ford, Harrison, 126
forgiveness, 50, 52, 54, 128
founder effect, 135
France, 56
Franciscan, 56
freedom of religion, 30, 32, 34, 56, 58, 74, 102, 131
freedom, 32, 34, 58, 63, 74, 102, 105-106
friends/friendship, 22, 26, 30, 51, 75, 84, 85, 98, 106, 112, 113, 115, 117-118-119, 121, 126, 139
frolic, 25, 26
frugality/thrift, 20, 62, 68, 79, 86, 134
fuel sources, 80
fulfillment/fulfilling, 47, 139
fun, 25, 76, 95,
funerals, 24, 25, 39, 93, 117-119
furniture/furniture-making, 25, 91, 124-125
Garden of Gethsemane, 20
gas grill, 80
gas/gasoline, 79-82, 86
gate, blue, 133
GED, 103
genes/genetics, 135-136
genetic research, 135-136
geography/geographical, 35, 36, 37, 102
German Reformed Church, 74
German, language, 15, 17, 43-44, 74-77, 93, 96, 102
German, race, 17, 74
Germany, 74
Geuaga County, 113
giving birth, 133, 134
glossary, 137
God, 18, 20, 23, 32, 50, 76, 93, 121, 125, 131, 136, 139, 140, 141
Goshen College, 91
gossip, 26
government assistance, 16, 30, 131
government, Swiss, 55-56
government, US, 16, 29, 30, 32-33, 58, 131
grace, 18-19, 42, 97, 117, 133, 140
grade, school 15, 33, 100-103
grain, 25, 90
grammar, 74, 102
grave, 117-118
illustration, 118
gravity power, 81
grid, 30, 79, 82
grief, 117
groom, 112-116
grooming, 67-73
Grossdaadi Haus, 97, 140
group identity, 22, 30, 47, 63, 67
group singing, 106
growth, 13, 60
guidance/instruction, 76, 96, 102, 109, 140
guns, 134
hair/hairstyles, 67, 69, 70, 110
hat press, 70
hat, 69-72, 114
illustration, 9, 72, 87
hay baler, 81
head covering, 67-73, 114
headstone, 118-119
illustration, 118
health care, 32, 131-132
heat/heater/heating, 62, 82
heaven, 18, 84, 130-131, 133
heritage, 15, 76-77
High German, 43-44, 74-77, 93
high school, 91, 102, 103
historical societies, 129
history, 15, 20, 28, 54, 55-59, 68, 79, 86, 124
history, class subject, 102
Hoff, BJ, 121
Holmes County, 7, 35, 36, 88
holy kiss, 111
home-based business, 91, 96
home(s), 15, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 36, 43, 45, 48-49, 56, 62, 72, 74, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84, 86, 89, 91, 95-99, 101, 104, 105-107, 113, 115, 117-119, 127, 132, 133, 134, 140-141
hook and eye, 70
horse(s), 15, 81, 88-89, 95, 98, 132
hospital, 24, 118, 131, 133
Hostetler, John A., 128
hot water heaters, 80, 81
humility, 20, 23, 44, 67, 69, 79, 86, 96, 119
hunters/hunting, 134
husband, 23, 69, 73, 97, 115, 134
hydraulic system, 81
hymn/hymnbook, 42, 44, 76, 113, 118
identity, 22, 47, 63, 67
idiom(s), 76, 137
Illinois, 57
illness, 131
immigrants/immigration, 56-57, 107
In Their Own Words, 9, 14, 19, 42, 49, 51, 73, 85, 91, 99
in-law suite, 97
inbreeding, 135
income tax, 30
income, 95
independent thinking, 103, 105
Indiana, 35, 57, 75
individuality, 22, 63, 68, 103, 123
information centers, 125, 129
injury/injured, 24, 131
inline skates, 80
innovation(s), 78, 132
insecurity, 47
institutions, 140
instruments, in worship, 44
insurance, 22, 24, 29, 30, 79, 86, 131
internet, 79, 82-83
Iowa, 57
jail, 102
Jesus, 18-21, 125
jewelry, 68, 71
job market, 61, 82
judgment/judgmental, 10, 26, 131
jury duty, 32
kapp, 70, 114, 119
illustration, 71
kerosene, 81, 88, 134
King James Bible, 45
Kingpin, 126
kiss, at baptism, 111
kiss, at wedding 114
Kraybill, Donald B., 128
labor, 32, 80, 132
lamps/lanterns, see light(s)
Lancaster County, 7, 10, 35, 36, 57, 60, 83, 87, 88, 90, 101, 113, 132, 135
land costs, 59, 60-61, 90
language, 15, 17, 74-77, 124
lapel(s), 68, 70
largest settlement, 36
law/lawsuit, 28, 32-34, 101-102
lawnmowers, 16, 80
leaders/leadership, 15, 23, 35-38, 39-42, 47, 48-49, 56-58, 63, 80, 82, 106-107, 112, 114, 132, 133
legalities/legal system, 29, 32, 54
letter of good standing, 112
liberal, 106
lifestyle, 7, 15, 19, 20, 22, 29, 33, 35, 37, 90, 91, 95, 101, 130, 139
light(s), 80, 81, 88
illustration, 81
links, internet, 137
literacy, 75
living hope, 19, 130
loss of dignity, 47, 140
lots, drawing of, 15, 41-42, 107
Luke, 20, 42
Luther Bible, 77
Lutheran(s), 74
makeup, 71
manual typewriter, 80
manufacturing, 82
manure, 81
Manz, Felix, 56
maple-syrup-urine disease, 135
marketing buzzword, 17
marriage, 25, 31, 37, 41, 67, 105, 108, 112-116, 132, 133, 135
Martyr's Mirror, 28
martyr/martyr's heritage, 15, 27-28, 76
McGillis, Kelly, 126
meal planning, 95
media, 59, 76, 123-129
medical bills, 132, 139
medical care, 131
medical insurance, 131
Medicare, 131
meeting(s), 39, 45, 48, 56, 112
megachurches, 37
Meidung, 51, 53, 121
member/membership, 13-14, 19, 24-25, 33, 36, 41-42, 48, 50-54, 57, 74, 105, 111, 115, 118, 130, 132, 133
Mennonites, 13, 56-57, 74
mental illness, 128
mentality, Amish, 54, 62
midwife, 133
migration, 61-62
military, 32, 56, 68, 70
minister(s), 23, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 109-110, 112, 118
mirrors, on buggies, 88
modern conveniences, 13, 18, 62, 141
modesty, 20, 68-69
molestation, 33
money, 30, 68, 96, 132
mortician, 118
music, 43-44, 76, 79, 103, 106, 114, 118, 138
mustache, 70, 125
mutation, genetic, 135-136
myth of the pastoral, 124, 126
myths, 8, 124, 126, 130-137
naphtha, 81
National PTA, 104
natural gas, 82
nature studies, 102
nature, 69, 70, 89, 102
neighbor, 29, 36, 61, 117, 139
New York Times, 91
New York, 57, 91
news industry/news media, 124, 127-128
Nickel Mines, 128
Nolt, Steven M., 128
nomination/nominee, 39-42
nonconformity, 27-31
nonresistance, 15, 28, 32-34, 58, 134
nosiness, 26
nursing homes, 140
obey/obedience, 20, 23, 32, 39, 44, 46, 50, 63, 68, 79, 86, 103
obligation, 104, 106
occupations, 61, 82, 90-92,138
Ohio, 7, 35, 36, 44, 57, 113
Old Order Amish, 16, 36, 44-45, 48-49, 58
Old Order Mennonite(s), 74
oldest settlement, 36
Ontario, 57
ordination, 39
Ordnung, 47-49, 50, 52, 106-107, 110, 121
outside influences, 27-31, 76
outside world, 48-49, 75, 79, 101, 106, 141
overcrowding, 59
pace, 86, 88-89
pacifism/pacifists, 15, 28
Palatine dialect, 74
parents/parenting, 23, 43, 83, 88, 95-98, 105-108, 109, 110, 113, 115, 140
parish, 36
parochial school, 100
parties, 25, 106, 110
patriarchal democracy, 40
Paul, 53
peace/peacefulness, 20, 28, 48, 79, 84, 138, 140
Peachy Amish, 58
peculiar, 20
peg(s), 25, 72
penmanship, 102
Pennsylvania Dutch, 44, 74-75, 105
Pennsylvania, 7, 35, 36, 57
perception(s), 58-59
persecution, 27-28, 34, 56, 59
personal identity, 30, 63
phone bill, 79
phone booth, 29
photo identification, 32
photograph/photography, 7, 32, 84, 88, 137
phraseology, 75, 137
phrases, Amish, 75, 137
physical education, 103
physician, 57, 131
pinafore, 72
plaid, 69
plain, 13, 15
play, 71, 95, 97, 103, 139-140
plow, 95
plumbing, 16, 81
police, 32, 33
politics/political office, 32, 42
pony carts, 87
population, 35-36, 54, 60-62, 135
postmodernism, 63
potty training, 72
power, sources of, 78-82, 88, 134
practices, 7, 9, 18, 22, 27, 35, 37, 55, 57, 137
praise band, 138
pray/prayer, 10, 20, 34, 40, 43, 44, 51, 65, 69, 70, 71, 77, 103, 114, 118, 131
prayer book, 44, 77
prayer covering, 67-71, 114
preach/preaching, 40, 44
pregnancy, 108
premarital sex, 106, 107-108
price of land, 59, 90
pride/prideful, 19, 37, 47, 62, 68, 79, 86, 131
priest, 56
probation, 50
projections, 60
pronunciation, 75
propane, 79, 80, 81-82, 134
property tax, 30
property zoning, 32, 61
Protestant Reformation, 55
Protestant/Protestantism, 130, 136
providence, 19
PTA, 104
public office, 132
public school, 100-101
public transportation, 87
public utilities, 14, 134
published/publishing, 76, 104, 124
publishing of engagement, 112, 133
quilts/quilting, 25, 91, 124
illustration, 9
Rachel's Secret, 121
Radical Reformation, 55
radio, 78
rare blood types, 135
read/reading/reader, 7, 10, 28, 40, 43-45, 75-76, 102-103, 114, 118, 129, 140-141
reality television, 127
Rebecca's Promise, 93
recipes, 7
reconciliation, 50-51
reflective triangles, 33
refrigerator(s), 80-81
reinstatement, 40, 41
religion, 14, 32, 58, 102, 131, 136
religious freedom, 30, 32, 34, 56, 58, 74, 102, 131
religious instruction, 96, 109
repent/repentance, 50-54
reprimand, 50
researchers, 135-136
resources, 16, 128-129, 137
respect, 10, 23, 76, 103, 104, 125
responsibility, 95, 98, 104, 106, 126
restaurants, 8, 91, 134
retail establishments, 91
retention rate, 60
retirement home, 97
Rifkin, Glenn, 91
ritual, 45, 103, 111
road safety, 32
Romans, 27
rubber tire, 80
rule infraction, 37, 40-41, 50, 52, 130
rules/regulations, 20, 22, 29, 37, 38, 47-49, 50, 53, 57-58, 67-73, 78-85, 86-88, 105, 130, 138-139
Rumspringa, 52, 105-108, 109-110, 125, 127
rural, 15, 56, 101
safety markings, on buggies, 32-33, 88
safety, 22, 32-33, 88, 97-98, 128, 139
sales tax, 30
salvation, 16, 18-19, 128, 133
satisfaction, 139
scholars, 101, 128
school bus, 101
school shooting/school violence, 127-128
school/schooling, 33, 45, 58, 68, 71, 75, 76, 91, 96, 100-104, 128, 139
schoolhouse, 100-101
illustration, 100
science, 102, 135
scooter, 87, 89
illustration, 87
Scripture, 18, 20, 27, 32, 40-42, 44, 53, 69, 84, 90, 118, 140
see also Bible
self destruction, 47
self surrender, 20, 46, 62, 68, 117
self-defense, 32
self-discipline, 104, 108
self-employed, 91, 96, 131
self-propelled, 81
sense of belonging, 47, 139
separate/separation, 20, 24, 27-31, 46, 87
serenity, 10, 79, 84, 138, 140
Sermon on the Mount, 19, 131
sermon(s), 28, 44, 74, 114, 118
settlement, 14, 33, 35, 36, 57, 61, 112, 124
sew/sewing, 71, 80, 96, 140
sex, premarital, 106, 107-108
sexual assault, 54
Shadows of Lancaster County, 65
shave/shaving, 31, 70
shed, 17
shirt(s), 69, 71, 72
shoes, 68, 69, 71, 72
shooting, 128
shopping/shopping centers, 72, 134
shun/shunning, 22, 51-52, 57, 106, 121, 130
silage, 81
similarities, 14, 36-37, 61, 127
Simons, Menno, 56
simple/simplicity, 7-8, 20, 45, 46, 68, 72, 79, 86, 90, 118, 124, 140
sin/sinner, 31, 50, 52, 112
singing, 44, 106, 113, 138
skates, 80
small business, 91
smoke alarms, 80
smoking, 49, 106
sneaker(s), 68, 71
Social Security, 30, 32-33, 131
social studies, 102
societal organization, 35-38
society, 13, 28, 35, 124, 129
soil, 61
solar power, 134
solidarity, 30
songs, 43, 76, 114, 118
space heaters, 17
special needs, 101
spelling, 102
spiritual heritage, 15, 77
spiritual texts, 76
steel rim tire, 80
stereo, 78
Stevik, Richard, 107, 128
stockings, 71
straight pins, 70
straw hat, see hat
streng meidung, 53
submission/submit, 20, 23, 46, 50-53, 63, 67, 79, 86, 103, 117
suit, 69, 71
Sunday school, 45
Sunday, 40, 43, 45, 76, 109, 110, 113-114, 118, 125
Supreme Court, 58, 102
surrender, 20, 46
suspenders, 69, 71
suspicion, 7, 58
Swartzentruber, 16
swing sets, 17
Swiss/Switzerland, 55-56, 75
synthetic, 71
Takeaway Value, 9, 21, 26, 33, 72, 88, 104, 137
taxes, 30, 131
taxi, 87
teacher-student ratio, 101
teacher, 23, 84, 100-104
technology, 7, 16, 17, 29, 47, 48, 50, 62, 78-85, 91, 103, 110, 123, 124, 132, 141
teenager, 68, 71, 83, 84, 85, 100, 105-108, 109, 125
telephone(s), 28, 29-30, 62, 79, 82-85, 106, 140
television, 8, 78, 84, 85, 124, 127-128, 140
temptation, 31, 47, 79, 86
tenets of faith, 18-19, 130, 136
text/texting, 83, 84
textbooks, 103
The Amish and the Media, 123-126
thee and thou, 76
theological introspection/discussion, 96, 138
theological training, 41, 45, 96
theology/theological, 19, 41, 44, 45, 96, 138
Think About It, 9, 31, 37, 38, 45, 48, 62, 76, 103
thrift/frugality, 20, 62, 68, 79, 86, 134
tire, 80
tobacco, 49, 90, 106
toddler, 72, 98
tolerance, 49, 58
tools, 25, 80
Top 10 Things Teachers Wish Parents Would Do, 104
torture, 27, 56
tough love, 53
tour guide services, 129
tourism/tourists, 8, 59, 61, 123-125, 128-129
tourist attractions/tourist traps, 8, 124-125
tractors, 80, 82-83
trades, 90-92
tradition(s), 20, 23, 27, 48, 78, 91, 117, 136
transportation, 15, 16, 29, 47, 86-89
illustration, 87, 88
travel, 24, 86-89, 123
trinity, 18
trinket, 92
trousers, 69, 71, 72
typewriter, 80
Umble, Diane Zimmerman, 123, 124, 126
unemployment assistance, 131
United States, 13-14, 30, 32, 35-37, 57-58, 102
unity, 37
unmarried, 67, 107-108, 112, 133
values/value system, 8-10, 17, 19, 20-21, 25, 67, 78-79, 80, 91, 100, 103, 132, 134
vanity, see pride
vest, 69
violence, 28, 33-34, 127-128
volunteers, 113, 118, 129
vote/voting, 40-41, 51, 132
vow(s), 50-51, 107, 111, 114, 121
wagon, 43, 88, 106
war, 15, 28, 58
washing machines, 80, 82
illustration, 82
water power, 81, 134
Weaver-Zercher, David L. , 123, 124, 126, 128
Website Extra, 9, 59, 88, 114, 137
website, 9, 59, 88, 114, 137
Webster's New World College Dictionary, 13
wedding night, 115
wedding presents, 115
wedding, 39, 93, 112-116, 119
weed whacker, 80
Weir, Peter, 126
Wesner, Erik, 44, 53, 98
wife, 31, 97, 111, 114-115, 134
wind power, 81, 134
illustration, 9
Wisconsin v. Yoder, 58, 102
wise/wisdom, 8, 23, 47, 56, 97
Witness, 126
wood, 43, 45, 81-82, 98, 118
work ethic, 17, 25-26, 62, 90-92, 95-99, 133, 138
work frolic, 25, 26
workers' compensation, 30
working mothers, 91, 97
workplace, 82-83, 90-91, 103
world, 20, 22, 24, 27-31, 34, 48-49, 62-63, 75, 79, 87, 92, 101, 103, 105-106, 127, 129, 136, 137, 138-141
worship, 15, 20, 22, 36, 40, 43-46, 76, 103, 109, 113, 139
writing, 75, 77, 138
Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, 35, 36
youth retreats, 45
Zeugnis, 112
Zurich, 55-56
