We use them all the time, but ever wonder how reference books and resources get put together? In a guest post today, Donald Kraybill offers a peek into the writing and research process for the Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites: Compiling the Concise Encyclopedia was a daunting task. In fact if I [...]
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Donald Kraybill just had a busy month. Most people would consider releasing one book an event, but in October Kraybill released two–The Amish Way: Patient Faith in a Perilous World, co-authored with Steven Nolt and David Weaver-Zercher, and the Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites, and Mennonites. Timing of the release was something of a [...]
Continue reading Concise Encyclopedia of Amish, Brethren, Hutterites and Mennonites: 5-book giveaway and interview with Donald Kraybill
Time for the winners! Thanks to everyone who read the interview with Sherry Gore, author of Taste of Pinecraft: Glimpses of Sarasota, Florida’s Amish Culture and Kitchens. What fun it was to get Sherry’s inside take on this unique community. Also really enjoyed reading your comments and great questions. Before we roll out the winners, [...]
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Sherry Gore is a national scribe for The Budget, editor of The Pinecraft Pauper, and columnist for the Amish magazine Ladies Journal. Sherry is also a mother of three residing in Sarasota, Florida, home to Pinecraft, a well-known community of Amish and Mennonites. Sherry has written an especially neat cookbook called Taste of Pinecraft: Glimpses [...]
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Do Amish celebrate Halloween? While Amish do grow a lot of the pumpkins that become the Jack-o-Lanterns adorning homes across the nation today, the Amish themselves do not carve or display their own. The most you might see are some uncarved pumpkins and gourds festively arranged at some homes (though I suppose that could just [...]
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Do the Amish vote? And if so, what party are they more likely to support? With a week to go before the 2010 mid-term elections, this question may have crossed minds, especially in tighter congressional races in places with an Amish population. During the last two presidential elecations, a number of media stories were done [...]
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It’s Friday, and a good day to clear the deck. Here are some news bits, updates, and mental flotsam from Amish America-land: Comments are now enabled on all Amish Online Encyclopedia entries. I held off on this earlier as I was figuring out the format. But no longer. Looking forward to hearing from you [...]
Continue reading Friday brain dump: news, updates, semi-random thoughts…and one odd photo
I’m happy to share the Amish Way winners with you today. It was a lot of fun to run this contest and I much enjoyed the interview with authors Donald Kraybill, Steven Nolt, and David Weaver-Zercher (if you missed it: Part 1 and Part 2). I particularly appreciated the point they make about shunning–that it [...]
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“Brimming with many children,” write the authors of The Amish Way, “most Amish homes produce eight or more sets of dirty dishes three times a day. That means at least twenty-four glasses, dozens of plates, and countless pieces of silverware, not to mention pots, pans, mixing bowls, platters, and serving utensils.” Yet you won’t find [...]
Continue reading Part 2 of The Amish Way interview and 10-book giveaway
Are Amish “born again”? Are cars immoral? When describing church, why do Amish use the term “Gmay” instead of “Kirche”? And who actually decides the rules that guide Amish life? The Amish Way: Patient Faith in a Perilous World is the first book to explore Amish spirituality and religious practices in-depth, addressing these and many [...]
Continue reading The Amish Way: 10-book giveaway & interview with Donald Kraybill, Steven Nolt, and David Weaver-Zercher
