Review: In-depth Amish
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2013
Most Amish books I've read compare and contrast the lives of the Amish with the "englishers," drawing on the plain, steady, "giving" lives of the Amish as issues of the "outside" world impact the Amish and the Amish impact individual englishers. Fascinating books, granted, but the Amish are generally type-cast as a group and individual characteristics superficially developed.In Faith in Lancaster (The complete Amish of Lancaster County Collection), the author looks deeply into the humanity of her subjects as they evolve within their personal relationships and encounter crises of faith looking for the greater meaning of their ordinung, the reasons for its existence, and their faith in their god.Excellent character development of highly differentiated personalities. In-depth Amish faith, forgiveness and humanity. Well done.