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A Peculiar People
Language: en
Pages: 215
Authors: Elmer Schwieder
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04 - Publisher: University of Iowa Press

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Now back in print with a new essay, this classic of Iowa history focuses on the Old Order Amish Mennonites, the state’s most distinctive religious minority. S
Train Up a Child
Language: en
Pages: 316
Authors: Karen Johnson-Weiner
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: JHU Press

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Train Up a Child explores how private schools in Old Order Amish communities reflect and perpetuate church-community values and identity. Here, Karen M. Johnson
On the Backroad to Heaven
Language: en
Pages: 358
Authors: Donald B. Kraybill
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-09-30 - Publisher: JHU Press

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This first comparative study sketches the differences as well as the common threads that bind these groups together.
Introduction to Old Order and Conservative Mennonite Groups
Language: en
Pages: 223
Authors: Stephen Scott
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-01-01 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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This book tells a story which until now has not been available in such an interesting and comprehensive form. What holds these people together? Why are they gro
An Amish Patchwork
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Thomas J. Meyers
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Offers an overview of the Amish and Mennonite communities in Indiana, describing the traditions, beliefs, and contributions of each community and discussing the