Growing up Amish The Teenage Years

Name: Growing up Amish The Teenage Years
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ISBN: 9780801885679

ISBN-10: 0801885671

ISBN-13: 9780801885679

Edition: 2007

Authors: Richard A. Stevick

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Nearly 90 percent of those who grow up Amish choose the Amish way: a lifetime commitment to the faith and a traditional way of life. To outsiders immersed in the daily realities and luxuries of the modern world, this statistic may seem unbelievable. In this in-depth study of Amish adolescence, Richard A. Stevick offers a balanced, comprehensive, and engaging account of the social forces and rituals -- including Rumspringa -- that contribute to this statistic. In Growing Up Amish, Stevick reveals the world of Amish youth caught between the expectations of their traditional community and the growing pressures and temptations that accompany adolescence. Drawing from a dozen years of research…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 4/2/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Preface



Amish Life: Plain and Perplexing



Socialization: Passing on the Faith



Adolescence: Testing an Amish Identity



Schooling: Read'n, Writ'n, and Learning the Basics



Parenting: Holding On and Letting Go



Teen Culture: Working Hard and Having Fun



Singings: Socializing and Stepping Out



Rumspringa: The Running-Around Years



Courtship: Finding a Mate



Weddings: High Times in Plain Places



The Future: Keeping Faith and Coming Home



German Word Usage


Notes


Selected References


Index