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Preface - PART ONE: 1. The Nickel Mines Amish - 2. The Shooting - 3. The Aftermath - 4. The Surprise - 5. The Reactions - PART TWO: 6. The Habit of Forgiveness - 7. The Roots of Forgiveness - 8. The Spirituality of Forgiveness - 9. The Practice of Forgiveness - PART THREE: 10. Forgiveness at Nickel Mines - 11. What About Shunning? - 12. Grief, Providence, and Justice - 13. Amish Grace and the Rest of Us - Afterword - Acknowledgments - Appendix: The...
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More than 8.5 million people visit Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, every year to experience the culture of the oldest Amish community in the world. This book by the leading scholar of the Amish explains the uncommon lifestyle of these simple-living people who intrigue so many visitors. Mini essays on all aspects of Amish life, from dress and spirituality to horse-and-buggy transport, are accompanied by beautiful full-color photographs. The author...
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On the night of September 6, 2011, terror called at the Amish home of the Millers. Mrs. Miller opened the door to her five estranged adult sons, a daughter, and their spouses. Within moments, the men had pulled their frightened father out of bed and sheared his hair and beard. The women then turned on Mrs. Miller, yanking her prayer cap from her head and shredding it before cutting off her waist-long hair. About twenty minutes later, the attackers...
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Business can be discouraging. A recent statistic showed an annual rate of over half a million business closures. According to US Department of Labor figures, only 44 percent of newly-opened firms will last four years. That is unless you're Amishthen there's a 95 percent chance you'll be doing well. And in many cases, remarkably well as Donald Kraybill writes: "the phrase 'Amish millionaire' is no longer an oxymoron."
The Amish business phenomenon...
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In this second book, Donald Kraybill, Steven Nolt, and David Weaver-Zercher, authors' of Amish Grace, will shed further light on the Amish, this time on their spirituality and spiritual practices. The Amish Way interprets the distinctive practices of Amish spirituality in their cultural context and explores their applicability for the wider world. Using a holistic perspective, the text tells the story of Amish religious experience in their words and...