and immunization, 51, 345–46
insurance for, 14, 188, 293, 308, 337–38
for mental illness, 189–90, 348–49
and mutual aid, 187–88, 338–39, 351, 356
providers of, 195, 337, 340–41, 343, 346–47
and refusal of treatment, 336, 347
and religion, 336, 342–44, 350. See also Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Heartland Hymns (Lapp, comp.), 244
Heartland Mattress LLC, 293–94
Hearts and Hands: The Official Travel Planner of Amish Country, 389
Heaven, 17, 39, 58, 70–72, 82–86, 90, 101, 112, 121, 125–27, 132, 226, 242, 330, 360
Helmuth, Joseph W., 341
Henner’s Lydia (de Angeli), 387
Heritage Historical Library, 161, 190
Herold der Wahrheit (periodical), 370–71
Hertzler, Aaron, 291
Hidden Treasures Handed Down from Our Ancestors Since 1600 (King), 23
Higgins, Orrin, 184
high school, 8, 170, 257, 262–63, 406, 418
and compulsory attendance, 3, 48, 51, 251–55, 355–56, 359, 399
and work, 292–93, 302, 304, 307, 311
holidays, 86, 238–39
Holmes County, OH, 53, 63, 142, 157, 162–63, 186, 223, 266, 362
and farming, 282, 286
health care in, 342–43
and internal division, 146, 148–49
and tourism, 390, 392
Holmes Old Order affiliation, 139, 146, 149, 153, 157, 163, 221
holy kiss, 89, 92
homes, Amish, 106–7, 209, 318–20
worship in, 14, 78
homosexuality, 206, 362
Honduras, 180
honesty, 108–9
horse-drawn transportation, 3, 8, 14–15, 46, 52, 67–69, 138, 184, 325–26, 413
buggies for, 131–32, 150–51
Horse Progress Days, 187, 190–91
horses, 130–31, 183–84
hospice care, 345, 362
Hostetler, John A., xi, 399
Hostetler, Tobe, 141
How the Dordrecht Confession Came Down to Us (Stoll), 373
humility, 60, 67, 77, 85, 89, 103–4, 116, 270, 295, 419
and children, 102
and Gelassenheit, 98–99
hunting, 110–11, 118
Huntington, Gertrude Enders, ix–x, 194
Hurst, Charles, 157, 392
Hutterites, 422
hypermodernity, 11, 130, 159, 381–82, 395, 403, 409–11, 419
Hypermodern Times (Lipovetsky), 11
Idaho, 185
identity, Amish, x–xi, 3–21, 38, 115–33, 232, 238, 315, 375–77
and American identity, 16–18
and Amish literature, 370–72
and Amish schools, 265
and church-community, 77, 193, 332
and dress, 125–30
and language, 121–25
nineteenth-century, 313
and public image, 55, 386, 414
and Rumspringa, 223–24
symbols of, 99, 125–26, 130–33, 138, 149–51, 168, 171–72, 191–92, 332, 414
and tourism, 399
twenty-first century, 55, 312, 386, 413–14
and work, 293, 307, 311. See also culture, Amish
Igou, Brad, 398, 413
Illinois, 39, 141, 178, 182, 185. See also particular locations
immigration, North American, 4, 16, 34–36, 38–39, 421
immunization, 51, 345–46
Indiana, 4, 39, 163, 185, 264. See also particular locations
Indiana County, PA, 186
individualism, 49, 113, 170, 232, 302, 308, 417
American, 4, 17, 38, 42, 368
and Amish dress, 126–27
and collective society, 20, 60, 65, 71, 99–101, 333, 406, 418–19
and modernity, 5, 11, 406
and religion, 71, 75, 95
industrialization, 7, 41, 158–59, 209, 275, 294, 302, 313, 404
In Dutch Again (Workinger), 379–80
informality, 61, 99, 112, 217, 236, 337–38, 342
and business, 108, 188, 267
and social structure, 140, 172–73, 177, 190–91
In Meiner Jugend, 124
innovation. See invention
insurance, 165, 232, 245–46, 356
health, 14, 188, 293, 308, 337–38
Internal Revenue Service, 356, 395
Internet, 3, 8–9, 17, 170, 266, 314–16, 409
invention, 316–17
Iowa, 39, 178, 185, 264, 359. See also particular locations
Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, 263–64
Jamesport/Bloomfield affiliation, 139
Jasper, NY, 282
Jay County, IN, 282
Joe Troyer (Swartzentruber) Amish affiliation, 106
Johnson County, IA, 39, 43, 276
Judging Amy (CBS TV), 213
Jüngerich, Louis, 39
Kalona, IA, 157, 366, 389
Kalona affiliation, 139
Kansas, 182, 185, 359
Kansas/Oklahoma affiliation, 139
Kapp (head covering), 128–29
Kaufman, Alma, 387
Keene, Carolyn, 415
Keim, John, 341
Kelly, Kevin, 313
Kelly, Sheryl, 361
Kenton affiliation, 139, 141
Kentucky, 4, 178, 182, 185
Kingsbury, Karen, 112
Kinsinger, Andrew S., 358, 371
Kline, Paul, 98, 289
Kokomo affiliation, 138–39
Korbin, Jill, 307
Korean War, 148
Labor Day. See holidays
labor unions, 292–93
Ladies Journal, 374
LaGrange County, IN, 361, 389
Laikind, Daniel, 396
Lancaster affiliation, 12, 138–39, 146, 150–53, 163, 184, 219, 282, 396
Lancaster County, PA, 46, 50, 157, 161, 183, 186, 305, 362, 371, 374
farming in, 280, 284–85, 286
health care in, 342–43
and tourism, 52, 53–54, 389, 390
Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative, 286–87
Lang, Allen Kim, 379
language, 121–25, 136, 165, 249. See also particular languages and dialects
Lapp, Hannah, 399
Lasky, Kathryn, 378, 380–81
Lawrence County, PA, 282
law suits. See litigation
leadership, 79, 90, 148, 158, 173, 175–78, 193–94, 202. See also bishops; deacons; ministers
Leaving Amish Paradise (BBC), 396
legal issues, 8, 10, 111, 354–60, 441n10
and bankruptcy, 97, 108–9
and child labor, 355, 360, 399, 412
and education, 51, 251–52, 255, 359, 367, 399
and health care, 338, 341, 347
and litigation, 66, 338, 353, 355–57, 359–60, 407
and nonresistance, 353, 357
Lehman, Marilyn, 202
Lehman, Mervin, 293
leisure. See recreation
Lewis, Beverly, 378, 380, 415
libraries, 112, 190, 257
Life’s Special Sunbeams (periodical), 374
Lifetime Movie Network, 396
Lifted Up By Angels (McDaniel), 378
Lindholm, William C., 252, 359
Lions Club International, 363–65
Lipovetsky, Gilles, 11, 126
Liquid Modernity (Bauman), 10–11
literature, Amish, 369–84, 387
popular fiction, 377–84. See also writing
litigation, 66, 338, 353, 355–57, 359–60, 407
Living with the Amish (BBC), 396
Loblied, Das (“The Praise Song”), 82–83
Lord’s Prayer, 61–62, 65, 66, 84
Lord’s Supper. See communion
Louis XIV, 32
Lucado, Max, 64, 112, 262
Luddites, xi, 52, 312, 333, 407
Lust-Gärtlein (prayer book), 63
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Luther, Martin, 23, 26, 60, 123
Lutheran Church, 23, 26, 30
Luthy, David, 161, 180, 373
Madison, James, 367
Maine, 141, 178–80, 185
Maoz, Darya, 400
marriage, 189, 199–201, 214, 221
Martin, Helen Reimensnyder, 381
martyrdom, 22, 24–26, 62
Martyrs Mirror (Braght), 25, 60, 66, 73, 84, 253, 370
Maryland, 185. See also particular locations
Master’s International Ministries, 366
McConnell, David, 157, 392
McDaniel, Lurlene, 378, 380
McGuffey’s Readers, 259
McKusick, Victor A., 349
media, popular, 54, 114, 212–13, 262, 360, 361, 394–400
Medicaid, 406
Medicare, 357, 406
medicine. See health care
meetinghouses, 43, 44
Meet Your Amish Neighbors (Kaufman and Flair Travel Consultants), 387
Meidung. See shunning
members’ meetings, 85–86
Memorial Day. See holidays
Menno-Hof (IN), 393
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), 365
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), 365
Mennonites, 15, 34–35, 42, 148, 166, 377, 392
and charitable work, 365–67, 411
and conscientious objection, 357–58
Dutch, 26, 30, 62
and European Amish, 35–36
and farming, 285–86
merging of Amish with, 43, 48, 180
Old Colony, 366–67, 421
Old Order, 122, 265, 286, 371, 421
Mennonite Voluntary Service, 47
Menno Simons, 26, 195
mental illness, 189–90, 348–49
Mexico, 337, 339, 342–43, 366–67
Meyers, Thomas J., 163, 307
Michigan, 4, 182, 185, 282. See also particular locations
Michigan-related affiliation, 139
Middlefield Care Center (OH), 346
Midwest Conservative churches, 141
Midwest Mainstream churches, 141
midwives, 195, 341, 343, 346–47
Mifflin County, PA, 186
Mighty Whirlwind, The (Wagler), 373
migration, 145, 181–83
military service, 4, 14, 20, 35–36, 39, 66, 162, 353
and conscientious objection, 47–48, 148, 189, 355–58, 366, 406
and National Amish Steering Committee, 189
Miller, Emma, 363
Miller, Jacob K. (“Oregon Jake”), 181
Miller, Mary M., 124
Miller, Naomi, 363
Milroy / West Union affiliation, 139
Milverton affiliation, 139, 153
ministers, 14, 49, 61, 68–69, 102, 120, 161, 170, 202
and Amish diversity, 149, 151–52
and church services, 79–84
and confession, 93–94
and excommunication, 94–95
and leadership, 186
meetings of, 42–44
and National Amish Steering Committee, 359
and ordination, 28, 68, 90–92, 158, 164, 170
and the Ordnung, 88–89
and social structure, 173, 176–80, 186
Minnesota, 141, 178, 185
missionary work, 75, 366–67, 411
mission movement, Amish, 47–49, 149
Mississippi, 185
Missouri, 4, 140–41, 178, 185, 282, 285, 287
Missouri/Illinois affiliation, 139
mobile phones. See cell phones
mobility, 181, 232, 406
and higher education, 170
and transportation, 117, 130, 132, 158, 314, 324, 325
modernity, xi, 5–12, 191–92, 400
and fragmentation, 160, 173–74, 404
liquid vs. solid, 11, 311, 334, 404, 408–9, 416
negotiation with, 8–10, 331–32, 405–8
resistance to, 8–9, 114, 133, 211, 249. See also hypermodernity
modernization, 425n6
Mohawk Valley, NY, 183, 184
Montana, 179, 185
moral neutrality, 314–15
moral objects, 116–18
Moravians, 422
Morton, D. Holmes, 349
Moser, Bill, 160
Moser, Tricia, 160
Mount Eaton Care Center (OH), 346
Moving Mars (Bear), 379
Muller, Ulrich, 30
multiculturalism, 261, 269
music. See singing
mutual aid, 187–88, 245, 338–39, 351, 356
Myer, Tamar, 378
names, 161, 174–75
Nancy Drew (character), 378–79, 380
Nappanee affiliation, 39, 53, 139, 157, 186, 292
National Amish Steering Committee, 20, 189, 357–60, 408, 411
National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom (NCARF), 252, 359
National Federation of Independent Businesses, 361
National Geographic Channel, 396
nature, 109–11, 130–31, 379–80
Nebraska, 178, 185
Nebraska affiliation, 139, 141, 150–51, 157, 282, 320
negotiation. See adaptation; modernity
New American Almanac, The (Der Neue Amerikanische Calendar; Raber), 46
New Birth Sunday, 86
New Eden Care Center (IN), 346
New Mexico, 180
New Order affiliation, 12, 49, 139–43, 146–49, 153, 221–22, 242, 282
Holmes County, 157, 163
New Wilmington affiliation, 139, 186
New York, 4, 182, 185. See also particular locations
New York Times, ix, 50, 252, 387, 416
Nickel Mines school shooting, 55, 65, 67, 381, 396
Niemeyer, Lucian, 250
Nolt, Steven M., 163
nonconformity. See world, separation from
nonresistance, 353, 356–57, 373
nonviolence, 66, 208, 399, 422
North Carolina, 185
“Not Everyone Can Be a Farmer” (Family Life), 289
Nugent, Walter, 158
oaths, 63, 116
obedience, 17, 60, 67, 85, 98–99, 101–2, 116, 232
and children, 101, 195–97
and government, 354
and religion, 26, 64–65, 72, 95
Occupational Safety and Health Act, 50, 359
Ohio, 4, 39, 182, 185, 393. See also particular locations
Ohio Amish Library, 124
Oke, Janette, 112
Oklahoma, 185
old age, 120, 203, 337, 351
Old German Baptist Brethren, 422
Old Order Amish,xiii, 42–47, 143, 429n20. See also Holmes Old Order affiliation
Old Order Book Society of Pennsylvania, 371
Old Order River Brethren, 160, 422
Ontario, Canada, 4, 39, 43, 140, 178, 185
“On the Beutiful [sic] Country Days,” 369–70
oral tradition, 44, 62–63, 118, 172–73, 371
ordination, 28, 68, 90–92, 158, 164, 170
Ordnung, the, 41–42, 69–70, 78, 85–89, 118–21, 145, 277–81, 297–98, 355
and technology, 69, 110, 332
Ordnungs Gmay, 86–88
Oregon, 180
“Oregon Jake” (Jacob K. Miller), 181
organizations, Amish, 186–87
Otsego County, NY, 184
Our Daily Bread, 64
Our Heritage, Hope, and Faith (Miller), 124
outsiders: economic relations with, 118, 407–8
and education, 261, 265, 372
interaction with, 37, 123, 310–11, 407–8, 412, 414
local relations with, 183–84, 412. See also English, the
pacifism. See conscientious objection; military service; nonresistance; nonviolence
Paraguay, 180
parents, Amish, 18, 214–15, 220–21, 228, 347
authority of, 39–40, 213
Parke County,
IN, 184
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Crime (Myers), 378–79
Pathway Publishers, 49, 124, 141, 161, 257, 261, 372–74
Pathway Readers, 372
patience, 67, 77, 85, 130–31
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), 337, 360
patriarchy, 193–94, 201–2, 307
PBS (Public Broadcasting System), 394
peer groups, 212–21, 223, 228–29, 241
Penn, William, 34
Pennsylvania, 4, 34, 38–39, 43, 182, 185. See also particular locations
Pennsylvania Dutch, 38, 79, 121–25, 137, 145, 249, 421–22, 428n3, 429n20, 435n7, 436n8, 436n9, 436n10, 436n11, 439n21, 453n8
and Pennsylvania German, 428n3, 435n7, 436n9, 439n29
and Swiss German, 145, 432n5, 436n9
Pentecost. See holidays
People Helpers, 189, 348
Peters, Shawn F., 400
photographs, 104, 355, 360, 394, 404
Picoult, Jodi, 378, 380, 415
Pietism, 30, 35, 63
Pinecraft, FL, 241–43
Plain and Fancy (musical), 53
Plain Buggies (Stephen Scott), 131
Plain Communities Business Exchange (newspaper), 298, 374
Plain Interests (periodical), 374
plainness, 98–99, 105–9
Plain Truth (Picoult), 378, 380
pluralism, 38, 406
“Poisoning the Earth” (Family Life), 286
politics, 361–62
population, Amish, 155–70, 185–86
growth of, 4, 19, 153–56, 168–70, 281, 411
postmodern, the, 103, 416–17. See also modernity
Powwowing. See brauchers
prayer, 59, 61–63, 81, 84, 88, 92, 121
preaching, 81–84
pride, 72, 100, 103–4, 113, 116, 310
“Primetime: The Outsiders” (ABC), 396
products, Amish, 52–54, 296–301
progressivism, 153–55, 157–58, 163, 297, 315, 318
and affiliation, 143–44, 147–51
Protestants, 23–24, 148
publications, 49, 63–64, 374–76. See also particular publications
public image, Amish, ix–x, 4, 50–55, 133, 212–13, 385–86, 415–19
and Amish literature, 377–84
and tourism, 399–400
publishing, Amish, 369–84
and English language, 371
history of, 370–80
and periodicals, 374–75
and schoolbooks, 371–73
publishing about Amish, 377–84
“puppy mills,” 288
Purpose-Driven Life, The (Warren), 64
Quakers, 34, 422
quality of life, 21, 232, 418–19
quilts, 53–54, 113
Raber, John A., 46
radio, 314, 315, 326–27
Rapinz, David, 155
rationality, 171–72, 192, 263, 309. See also thought, analytical
Reader’s Digest (periodical), 50
reading, 112, 116, 122–23, 369
recession (2008–9), 293, 303, 381
recreation, 109–13, 237–43
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