An Amish paradox
Subtitle: diversity and change in the world's largest Amish community
By: Charles E. Hurst and David L. McConnell.
Contributors: McConnell, David L., 1959-
Series: Young Center books in Anabaptists and Pietist studies
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780801893988; 9780801893995
Subjects: Amish -- Ohio -- Holmes County -- Social life and customs; Amish -- Ohio -- Holmes County -- Social conditions; Amish -- Education -- Ohio -- Holmes County; Amish -- Health and hygiene -- Ohio -- Holmes County; Amish -- Ohio -- Holmes County -- Economic conditions; Technology -- Religious aspects -- Amish; Holmes County (Ohio) -- Social life and customs; Holmes County (Ohio) -- Social conditions
Description: Holmes County, Ohio, is home to the largest and most diverse Amish community in the world. Charles E. Hurst and David L. McConnell conducted seven years of fieldwork, including interviews with over 200 residents, to understand the dynamism that drives social change and schism within the settlement, where Amish enterprises and nonfarming employment have prospered. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Discovering the Holmes County Amish; title: The origins of religious diversity; title: The consequences of church schism; title: Continuity and change in family life; title: The changing landscape of learning; title: Work within and outside tradition; title: Health along the life cycle; title: Stepping back and looking forward; title: Appendices: A. Methodology; title: B. Ohio Amish settlements; title: C. Holmes County settlement Amish church schisms, 1900-2008.