Plain Answers About the Amish Life (18 page)

Wesner, Erik.
Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive
. San Franciso, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Wittmer, Joe.
The Gentle People: An Inside View of Amish Life
. Washington, IN: Black Buggy, 2007.

Yoder, Harvey.
The Happening
:
Nickel Mines School Tragedy
. Berlin, OH: TGS International, 2008.

Articles

“American Languages: Our Nation's Many Voices Online”
http://csumc.wisc.edu/AmericanLanguages/search.php?sect=amish&state=pa
.

Armstrong, Chris. “Christian History Corner: The Amish Come Knocking.”
Christianity Today
, July 2004.

Ediger, Marlow. “Examining the Merits of Old Order Amish Education.”
Education
, Vol. 117, 1997.

Gorsky, Eric. “Christian fiction: Buggies to Vampires.”
Portland Press Herald
, July 18, 2009.

Greksa, Lawrence P., 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.

Igou, Brad. “Back to School: Amish Style.”
Amish Country News.
http://www.amishnews.com/amisharticles/backtoschool.htm
.

Issenberg, Sasha. “The Simplest Life: Why Americans Romanticize the Amish.”
Washington Monthly
, Vol. 36, October 2004.

Jacoby, Jeff. “Undeserved Forgiveness.”
Boston Globe
, October 8, 2006.

Manni, Megan, and the Associated Press. “Gunman Reportedly Bent on ‘Revenge' Kills Girls, Self at Amish School.” Fox News, October 3, 2006.

McElroy, Damien. “Amish killer's widow thanks families of victims for forgiveness.” The
Telegraph
, October 16, 2006.

Meyers, Thomas J. “The Old Order Amish: To Remain in the Faith or to Leave.”
Mennonite Quarterly Review
, 68, no. 3. July 1994.

The Pennsylvania German Society. “A Very Brief Introduction to the Pennsylvania German Language.”

Rifkin, Glenn. “The Amish Flock from Farms to Small Businesses.”
New York Times
, January 7, 2009.

Sachs, Andrea. “Amish Romance Novels: No Bonnet Rippers.”
Time
, April 27, 2009.

Young Center for Anabaptist an Pietist Studies. “Amish Migration Trends 2006-2010.”
http://www2.etown.edu/amishstudies/Migration_Trends.asp

Films

Amish Values and Virtues: Plain and 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.

Erwin, Jerry.
Who Are the Amish?
The People's Place, 30 minutes, theatrical viewing.

Ohio
, Bennett-Watt Media, 2004. 60 minutes, DVD.

A Train Ride Through Amish Country
, EIV Productions, 1995. VHS.

Walker, Lucy.
Devil's Playground
, Wellspring, 2002. 77 minutes, DVD.

Websites

American Languages.

www.csumc.wisc.edu/AmericanLanguages/search_clip_type.php?clip_type=PennDutch
.

Amish.Net.
www.amish.net
.

Wesner, Erik.
www.AmishAmerica.com
.

Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.

www2.etown.edu/amishstudies/Index.asp
.

Accommodations and Interview Facilitation

The Apple Bin Inn, Willow Street, Pennsylvania.

RESOURCES

For accurate and interesting information about the Amish and other Anabaptist groups, be sure to check out historical societies and information centers such as the ones listed below.

Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center

Mailing address:

PO Box 324

Berlin OH 44610-0324

Street address:

5798 County Road 77

Millersberg, PA 44654

(330) 893-3192

Illinois Amish Interpretive Center

125 North County Rd 425 E

Arcola IL 61910

(217) 268-3599 or 1-888-45AMISH

Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society

Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center

675 State Route 116

Metamora IL 61548-7732

(309) 367-2551

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society

2215 Millstream Road

Lancaster PA 17602

(717) 393-9745

Mennonite Historical Library

Goshen College

1700 South Main Street

Goshen IN 46526

(574) 535-7000 or 1-800-348-7422

Mennonite Information Center

2209 Millstream Road

Lancaster PA 17602-1494

(717) 299-0954 or

Fax (717) 290-1585

Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies

Elizabethtown College

One Alpha Drive

Elizabethtown PA 17022

(717) 361-1470

INDEX

20 Most Asked Questions about the Amish and Mennonites

Abroth

academia

accent, speaking with a

acceptance

accomplishments

accountability

adult baptism

adultery

affiliation

agriculture

air-conditioning

airplanes/air travel

alcohol

alms

Alsace

America/American

American Culture: Essays on the Familiar and Unfamiliar

American Languages website

“American Languages: Our Nation's Many Voices Online”

Amish and Mennonite Heritage Center in Berlin, OH

Amish and the Media, The

Amish and the State, The

Amish Barn Raising, An

Amish board of education

Amish Bride, The

Amish Cheesy Potatoes recipe

Amish Children: Education in the Family, School, and Community

Amish Country Adventure: Exploring the Back Roads of Holmes County
,
An

Amish culture

Amish Education in the United States and Canada

Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits

Amish Family Cookbook
,
The

“Amish Flock from Farms to Small Businesses, The”

Amish genes, value of

Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy

Amish Houses and Barns

Amish in the American Imagination, The

Amish in the City

Amish in Words and Pictures, The

“Amish killer's widow thanks families of victims for forgiveness”

Amish Life

Amish life

Amish Mafia

Amish mentality

Amish Midwife, The

“Amish Migration Trends 2006-2010”

Amish Nanny, The

Amish of Lancaster County, The

Amish organization

Amish Paper Dolls

Amish Paradox: Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community, An

“Amish Romance Novels: No Bonnet Rippers”

Amish School, The

Amish Society

Amish taxi

Amish tours

Amish Values and Virtues: Plain and Simple

Amish Wedding and Other Special Occasions of the Old Order Communities, The

Amish-owned businesses

Amish-related myths

Amish-related organizations

Amish, definition of

Amish, lessons to be learned from

Amish, reasons for being

Amish.Net

AmishAmerica.com

AmishReader.com

Anabaptism/Anabaptist

Anabaptist History and Theology: An Introduction

Anabaptist movement

Andy Weaver Amish

animal

announce

answering machine

antiques

apostles

Apple Bin Inn

appliances

apron

archery

arithmetic

Armstrong, Chris

art

articles

artwork

Ashkenazi Jews

Associated Press

assurance of salvation

auctions

Ausbund

authority

autism

availability of farm land

ax

babies

“Back to School: Amish Style,”
Amish Country News

ban

banks

baptism, adult

baptism/baptize

barefoot

barn raising

barn

bathroom

batteries

Beachy Amish

beard

becoming Amish

bed-and-breakfast

bed courtship

bedroom

beer bashes

behavior

beliefs/belief system

belt buckle

bench wagon

benches

Bender, Harold S.

Berend, Nina

Berks County

Beverages

Bible

Bible, Luther

Bible, translation

Biblical references for Amish beliefs and practices

bibliography

bicycles

bills

birth control

birth rate

birthday parties

birthing center

bishop

black prayer covering, reason for

blending in

blinkers

board games

bonnet

bonnet, illustration

bookkeeping

born again

Boston Globe

bottled gas

boundaries

Bowman, Carl Desportes

brain damage

bras

bread

breadwinner

Breaking Amish

bride

broadfall trousers

Brunstetter, Wanda

Budget

buggy color

buggy shops

buggy types, photographs of

buggy

bundling

burial clothing

burial

Burridge, Kate

bus

business failure rate

business principles

business

buttons

cake

calculator

call log

calories

cameras/photography/photographs

camping

Canada

candies

candles

canning

cape

car

card games

casket

Catholic/Catholicism

celebrations

celery

cell phone

cemetery

central authority

certification

chainsaw

Charming Nancy