Writing the Amish
From the early 1960s to the late 1980s, John A. Hostetler was the world’s premier scholar of Amish life. Hailed by his peers for his illuminating and sensitive portrayals of this often misunderstood religious sect, Hostetler successfully spanned the divide between popular and academic culture, thereby shaping perceptions of the Amish throughout American society. He was also outspoken in his views of the modern world and of the Amish world—views that continue to stir debate today.\ Born into...
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Contents\ List of Illustrations\ Foreword\ Ann Hostetler\ Preface and Acknowledgments\ David L. Weaver-Zercher\ 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\ Contributors\ Index
\ From the Publisher“This text covers the subject well and is recommended for school and public libraries.”\ —Al Holliday, Pennsylvania Magazine\ \ \
