The Amish Kraybill Donald B.Paperback
The Amish Kraybill Donald B.Paperback The Amish have always struggled with the modern world. An intimate portrait of Amish life, The Amish explores not only the emerging diversity and evolving…
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The Amish Kraybill Donald B.Paperback
The Amish have always struggled with the modern world. An intimate portrait of Amish life, The Amish explores not only the emerging diversity and evolving identities within this distinctive American ethnic community, but also its transformation and geographic expansion.Donald B. Known for their simple clothing, plain lifestyle, and horse-and-buggy mode of transportation, Amish communities continually face outside pressures to modify their cultural patterns, social organization, and religious world view.
Johnson-Weiner, and Steven M. Kraybill, Karen M. Nolt spent twenty-five years researching Amish history, religion, and culture.
Drawing on archival material, direct observations, and oral history, the authors provide an authoritative and sensitive understanding of Amish society.Amish people do not evangelize, yet their numbers in North America have grown from a