Growing up Amish : the Rumspringa years / Richard A. Stevick.
Series: Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studiesPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014Edition: Second editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781421413723 (electronic bk.)
- 1421413728 (electronic bk.)
- Rumspringa
- Amish teenagers -- United States -- Social life and customs
- Amish teenagers -- United States -- Social conditions
- Amish teenagers -- Religious life -- United States
- Amish -- United States -- Social life and customs
- Youth -- United States -- Social life and customs
- RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations
- 289.7092 23
- E184.M45
Earlier edition has subtitle: the teenage years.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Amish life: plain but not so simple -- Religion: transmitting the faith -- Adolescence: finding an Amish identity -- Schooling: read'n, writ'n, and skipping evolution -- Parenting: holding on and letting go -- Teen culture: working hard and having fun -- Singings: the gateway to Rumspringa -- Rumspringa: running about and stepping out -- Courtship: finding a mate -- Weddings: high times in plain places -- The future: keeping faith in a world of change.
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