The Amish Way: Patient Faith in a Perilous World

Part One Searching for Amish Spirituality 1

1 A Peculiar Way 3

2 Spiritual Headwaters 17

Part Two The Amish Way of Community 29

3 Losing Self 31

4 Joining Church 45

5 Worshiping God 59

6 Living Together 75

Part Three The Amish Way in Everyday Life 91

7 Children 93

8 Family 107

9 Possessions 123

10 Nature 137

11 Evil 151

12 Sorrow 165

Part Four Amish Faith and the Rest of Us 179

13 The Things That Matter 181

Acknowledgments 193

Appendix I. The Amish of North America 195

Appendix II. Amish Lectionary 205

Appendix III. Rules of a Godly Life 209

Notes 223

References 239

The Authors 247

Index 249