and other Plain groups, 421–22
and ownership vs. access, 9–10, 46, 117, 307, 317, 407
Aylmer affiliation, 139
Ball, William Bentley, 359
bankruptcy, 97, 108–9
Bann. See excommunication
baptism, 4–5, 42, 60, 63–64, 149, 164, 199, 225–29
and church authority, 39, 68, 214–15, 227
service for, 227–28
barn raising, 137, 239–40, 395
Bates, Mary Ann Miller, 33
Bauman, Zygmunt, 10–11
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), 396
Beachy, Leroy, 146
Beachy, Monroe, 97
Beachy, Moses M., 46
Beachy Amish Mennonite affiliations, 46, 48, 165–66, 365–66, 411, 422
Bear, Greg, 379
beards, 16, 34, 59, 69, 119–20, 128, 421–22, 441n10
Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, 359
bed courtship, 222–23, 412
Beiler, David, 40–41
Beiler, Elam, 290
Beiler, Manny, 80
Beiler family, 231
beliefs, 62–66
benevolence. See almsgiving; charitable work
Benjie and Becky books, 373
Bergholz settlement, 441n10
Bernese Swiss German, 122
Berry, Wendell, 289
Beside the Still Waters, 64
Beyond the Divide (Lasky), 378
Bible, iv, 84, 87, 118, 123–25, 166, 200
study of, 48–49, 60–61, 75, 149, 257–58
Big Decisions (Byler), 114
Binford, Hilde, 244
bird watching, 116, 190
birth, 194–95, 346–47
birth control, 157–58, 222
birth rates, 156–59
bishops, 42, 44, 79–80, 85, 88–89, 91–95, 143, 152, 202
and leadership, 102, 120, 140, 147, 186
and National Amish Steering Committee, 358–59
role of, 175–78
Blackboard Bulletin, 254, 257, 374
Blank, Nicholas, 32
“Blind Man’s Lantern” (Lang), 379
blogs, 396–97
Blood of the Prodigal (Gaus), 380
Bloomfield, IA, 282
born again. See salvation
Borntreger, Ida, 282
Borntreger, Vernon, 282
Botschaft, Die (correspondence newspaper), 340, 369, 375–77
branding. See Amish brand
brauchers (folk healers), 340
Breaking Amish (reality series), 213, 396
Brennemann, Jacob, 35
Brennemann, Samuel, 35
Brethren, 15, 160, 422
Brunstetter, Wanda, 381
Buchanan County, IA, 157, 282
Buchanan/Medford affiliation, 139, 141, 146
Budget. See Sugarcreek Budget
buggies, 131–32, 150–51. See also horse-drawn transportation
building codes, 9, 355, 359–60
bundling. See bed courtship
bureaucracy, 140, 171, 186, 191–92, 358
and religion, 14, 75, 79, 406. See also decentralization
Burger, Warren, 51, 359, 367, 400
Burn Aid (Keim), 341
business, 291–311
and the church, 97, 186, 410
and informality, 108, 188, 267
manufacturing, 292, 298, 327–28
businesses, Amish, 49, 117, 185–87, 192, 270, 291, 294–307, 410–11
and church-communities, 109, 152, 174
and computers, 120, 155, 297, 301, 316–17, 322–23
and economic factors, 52, 107, 169–70, 188, 310
and English language, 123
failure of, 109, 302–4
and family, 158–59
and farming, 283–84, 290
small scale of, 191, 304, 407
and technology, 75, 118, 149, 304, 322
and tourism, 391–93
and women, 13, 210–11, 305–7
Byler, Linda, 114
Byler, Valentine Y., 357
Byler Amish affiliation, 12, 139, 150
California, 180
Calvin, John, 23
Canada, 4, 6, 39, 43, 140, 178, 180, 185, 406
capital. See social capital
capitalism, 292–96. See also industrialization
carriages. See buggies
cars. See automobiles
Catholic Church, 23–24
cell phones, 11, 17, 315, 324, 363
Channel Four (British TV), 396
charitable work, 241, 365–67, 411
Chase, Malcolm, 378
Chhabra, Deepak, 399
child labor, 355, 360, 399, 412
children, Amish, 18, 39, 101–2, 105–7, 116, 195–98, 221, 347
and infancy, 194–95, 337
choice, freedom of, 4, 17–18, 20, 100–101, 230, 406, 417
Christian Aid Ministries (CAM), 365–66
Christian Homekeeper Blog, 391
Christmas. See holidays
church-communities (Gmays), 5, 39, 99, 101, 156, 164, 201–2, 246
and affiliations, 138–39
and Amish businesses, 109, 152, 174
and Amish diversity, 290
and Amish identity, 77, 193, 332
authority of, 20, 68–69, 71, 138, 147, 152, 270, 314, 333
and education, 253–56, 264–65, 270
and harmony, 86–88
and health care, 344–45, 351
leadership of, 175–78
membership in, 20, 70
North American location of, 6
publications of, 376
small scale of, 68, 404
and social structure, 174–76
and technology, 313–14
and weddings, 233–34
church district (Gmay), 5, 78, 172, 174–76
churches, 14, 63, 77–80, 84–85
authority of, 39–40, 68, 79, 170, 177–78, 213–15, 227, 309, 410
and business, 97, 186, 410
and church buildings, 44, 68
and discipline, 92–96, 165–67
leadership of, 79, 90
membership in, 4–5, 20, 68, 95
Sunday services of, 77–79
circle letters, 237–38, 344
citizenship, 353–54
civic participation, 66, 116, 360–65, 411
Clear Valley School (PA), 250–51
clergy. See bishops; deacons; ministers
Clinic for Special Children (PA), 246, 349
clothing. See dress, Amish
Clymer, NY, 280–82, 391–92
Coblenz, Elizabeth, 114
collective society: and autonomy, 223–24
and communal support, 97, 165, 173, 229, 231–32, 236–38, 245–49, 303–4, 308, 339, 351
and individualism, 20, 60, 65, 71, 99–101, 333, 406, 418–19
Colorado, 180, 185
committees, local, 186–87
communion, 28, 60, 66, 68, 86, 88–90
computers, 18, 116–17, 188, 242, 313–19, 327–34, 349
for business, 120, 155, 297, 301, 316–17, 322–23
in schools, 266, 318
confession, 85, 87, 92–96, 166–68, 348
congregation. See church district
conscientious objection, 47–48, 148, 189, 355–58, 366, 406
Conservative Anabaptist Service Program (CASP), 366
consumerism, 41, 43, 308, 333, 395, 406–7
and Amish brand, 52, 305, 416–17
and Amish culture, 106, 126, 131, 386
converts, 159–61
Cooking with the Horse and Buggy People, 370
Cooksey, Elizabeth, 180
Cooper, Anderson, 396
Council Meeting (Ordnungs Gmay), 86–88
courtship, 49, 213, 216, 221–23
crafts, 52, 100, 112–13, 245, 298, 300, 306, 414
creativity, 112–13, 370
crime, 354–55
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Crossing Over: One Woman’s Escape from Amish Life (Garrett), 164
cultural analysis, x, 115–18
cultural capital. See social capital culture, American, 16–18, 41–43, 48, 53, 209, 415
culture, Amish, 48, 97–114, 168–70, 301–2, 307–13, 367–68, 372–74
and American identity, 16–18
and community, 231–32, 245, 249
and consumerism, 106, 126, 131, 386
and education, 257, 264–65, 269–71
and Gelassenheit, 98–101
and health care, 335–37, 342, 347
and high context, 173–74
popularity of, 52, 305, 385–400, 415–19
and religion, 59–60, 77
and technology, 52, 232, 312–13, 332–33
and tourism, 398–400. See also identity, Amish
Das Deutsch Center (OH), 350
Daviess Amish affiliation, 139, 141–42, 153
Daviess County, IN, 37, 186
Dawdyhaus, 203
deacons, 42, 79, 81, 83, 85, 90, 93, 176, 178
de Angeli, Marguerite, 387
death, 246–49, 344–45
decentralization, 99, 147, 168, 172, 180, 191–92, 358
defection, 162–65, 307. See also ex-Amish
Delaware, 182, 185, 254, 282
Delaware Amish, 151
Delegation for Common Sense Schooling, 252
democracy, 176, 251, 354, 367–68, 380, 400
demographics, 6, 155–58, 178–86. See also population, Amish
Devil’s Playground (documentary), 54, 213, 395
Devoted Christian’s Prayer Book, 124
Diary of the Old Order Churches (Diary; periodical), 374, 376
“dien,” 151
Dior Homme, 416
disabilities, 120, 257, 351
disaster aid, 189
Disaster Response Services (DRS), 365
discipleship, 64–66
discipline: and members, 85, 92–96, 165–67
and parents, 196. See also excommunication; shunning
diversity, Amish, x–xii, 8–14, 44, 49, 118, 137–54, 368, 405, 411–13
and church-communities, 290
and economic factors, 211
and health care, 336–37
and modernity, 11–12, 409–11
and print culture, 377
and religion, 149, 151–52
and Rumspringa, 216–21
and schools, 258–63
and technology, 314–18, 411
divorce, 199, 406
Dobson, James, 64
doctrine, religious. See beliefs
documentaries, 394–96
domestic violence, 206–9. See also abuse
Donnermeyer, Joseph, 180
Dordrecht Confession of Faith, 14–15, 30, 60, 62–63, 89, 124, 166, 191, 227
Dover affiliation, 139
dress, Amish, 8, 14, 33–34, 69, 99, 105, 120, 150, 197–98
vs. dress of other Plain groups, 421–22
and humility, 103–4
and identity, 125–30
and Sunday services, 77, 85
and weddings, 233, 235
drugs, 54, 212–13, 217, 224, 395
Dust between My Toes (Weaver), 165
Dutch, 427n4, 435n7. See also Pennsylvania Dutch
Easter. See holidays
East Lampeter Township (PA), 252
Echoes of the Past (Yoder and Yoder), 23
ecology. See environmental concerns
economic factors, 9, 39, 41–42, 229, 281–82, 298, 407
and Amish businesses, 52, 107, 169–70, 188, 310
and Amish diversity, 211
and apprenticeship, 267–69
and education, 256, 262
and farming, 182–84, 276–90
and labor costs, 156, 158, 209, 283, 285, 293, 304
local, 291–92, 310
and migration, 182–83
and recession (2008–9), 293, 303, 381
regional, 305, 390, 405
and technology, 331
and tourism, 390, 394
and women, 306–7. See also business
education, 14, 17, 48, 75, 164, 250–71
and Amish culture, 257, 264–65, 269–71
and church-communities, 253–56, 264–65, 270
and economic factors, 256, 262
higher, 4, 75, 98, 116, 138, 165, 170, 253, 307, 406
and homeschooling, 267
and teachers, 254, 256–57. See also high school; schools, Amish; schools, public
Eicher, Jacob, 372
Eicher, Lovina, 114
Eighteen Articles. See Dordrecht Confession of Faith
Eitzen, Dirk, 394
electricity, public grid, 8–9, 52, 314–15
alternatives to, 7, 279, 315–16, 320–21, 326–31
Elkhart County, IN, 374, 390
Elkhart–LaGrange affiliation, 139, 141, 146, 153, 157–58, 186, 282, 292, 323
Empire of Fashion (Lipovetsky), 126
endogamy, 170, 221, 232
English, the, xiii, 5, 414–15. See also outsiders
English language, 43, 60, 121–25, 243, 261, 309, 371, 408
entertainment. See recreation
environmental concerns, 52, 288–89
Epps, Garrett, 367, 415
ER (TV series), 213
Ernsthafte Christenpflicht, Die (The Prayer Book for Earnest Christians), 63, 84, 88, 124
Esprit clothing company, 54
Essentials of English Spelling (1919), 259
Eucharist. See communion
Europe, 4, 16, 22–36, 145, 353, 421–22
evangelism, 48, 74, 155, 262, 366, 381–82, 411. See also mission movement, Amish
evolution, 116
ex-Amish, 206, 383, 394, 396, 398. See also defection
excommunication (Bann), 30, 63, 68, 85–87, 94–95, 152, 165–68, 353, 380. See also shunning
Facebook, 376, 396–97, 404
family, 109–11, 183, 193–211, 201, 376, 404, 406, 413–14
extended, 172, 198, 203–4, 207, 232, 237–39
and farming, 156, 158–59, 275–76, 285, 289–90
and religion, 39, 158–59
and Rumspringa, 214
size of, 153–54, 156–58
and social structure, 172
and technology, 319, 326, 333
and work, 102, 158–59, 209, 294–95, 307
Family Helpers, 189, 348
Family Life (periodical), 112, 208, 374
farmers’ markets, 183, 284–85, 296–97, 309
farming, 13, 164, 275–90, 358, 407–8
dairy, 7, 184, 279–80, 283
decline of, 49, 281, 291
and economic factors, 182–84, 276–90
and European Anabaptists, 26, 28, 31–32
and family, 156, 158–59, 275–76, 285, 289–90
organic, 285–87
produce, 284–85
small scale of, 43, 52, 276–77
and sustainability, 288–89
and technology, 52, 144, 276–80, 316–17, 320–21
Farming: People, Land, and Community (magazine), 289
Farmwald, Delbert, 372
Farmwald, Linda, 372
fasting (Fastdag), 64, 88, 239
fiction, Amish. See publishing about Amish
Fisher, Annie, 3
Fisher, Gideon, 277
Fisher, Levi, 3
fishing, 239, 242
Flair Travel Consultants, 387
Florida, 179, 185
foods, 85, 105
footwashing, 28–30, 63, 89, 98
Ford, Harrison, 54
Ford, Henry, 11
forgiveness, 55, 63, 66–67, 87, 95–96
For Richer or Poorer (film), 395
Foundation’s Edge (Asimov), 379
Fourth of July. See holidays
Fredericktown affiliation, 139
freedom: of choice, 4, 17�
��18, 20, 100–101, 230, 406, 417
individual, 20, 39, 269–70, 333, 406
religious, 18, 35, 39, 255, 353–54, 405, 415
frolics (“work parties”), 239–41
frugality, 106–8
funerals, 28, 247–49
Furlong, Saloma Miller, 115, 164, 230
furniture: and Amish brand, 4, 37, 52, 305, 414
and Amish business, 117, 199, 268, 284, 297–301, 391
“gangs,” 217–21. See also Rumspringa
gardening, 109, 113, 116
Garrett, Ruth Irene, 164
Gaus, P. L., 378, 380, 415
Geauga County, OH, 44, 161–63, 186, 251, 281–82, 292, 346, 354
Geauga I affiliation, 139, 146, 153
Geauga II affiliation, 139
Gelassenheit, 62, 65–67, 77, 85, 96, 157, 211, 370
and Amish culture, 98–101
and death, 247, 249
and dress, 129
and education, 270
and health care, 336
and the Ordnung, 121
gender, 193–211, 239–40
and Amish businesses, 305–7
and the church, 79–80, 202
and marriage, 200–201
and work, 201, 209–10, 307. See also women, Amish
genealogy, 23, 349, 370
genetics, 336, 349–50
Georgia, 180
German language, xiii, 14–15, 38, 60, 62, 79, 121–25, 243, 260–61, 421–22. See also Pennsylvania Dutch
Germany, 23, 26, 31, 35–36, 421
Gingerich, Jacob U., 352, 355
Girl in the Mirror, The, 373
Gmay. See church-communities; church district
God’s will, 11, 65, 80–81, 87, 100, 114–15, 192, 352–53, 361–63, 366
Good Friday. See holidays
Gordonville Print Shop, 371–72
government, 352–68
assistance from, 165, 338, 356, 406
authority of, 352–53
local, 265, 360–61
negotiation with, 354, 357–59, 368, 408
regulation by, 8–9, 51, 192, 279–81, 355–56, 407
relations with, 50–51, 232, 353–54, 411
and religion, 352–53
state, 251, 254–55
Grass-Based Dairy Farming, 287
“Great Plain, The” (Vogue), 416
Green Field Farms (OH), 20, 286, 289
Green Pastures (PA), 349
Greksa, Lawrence, 307
Habitat for Humanity, 362
Haiti Benefit Auctions, 366
Haslibacher, Hans, 24
Hazleton, IA, 252
head covering, 128-29
Healing from Sexual Sin, 208
health care, 245–46, 335–51
alternative, 336, 341–43
and Amish culture, 335–37, 342, 347
and Amish diversity, 336–37
and birthing, 346–47
Canadian, 406
centers for, 346–50
and church-communities, 344–45, 351
and death, 344–45
and drawing pain, 340, 453n8
and folk resources, 339–41, 370
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