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| Named Person: | John Andrew Hostetler |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
David Weaver-Zercher |
| ISBN: | 0271026863 9780271026862 |
| OCLC Number: | 58721244 |
| Description: | xviii, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Series Title: | Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001), v. 38.; Publications of the Pennsylvania German Society (2001)., Pennsylvania German history and culture series ;, no. 5. |
| Responsibility: | edited by David L. Weaver-Zercher. |
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