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A Peculiar People: Iowa's Old Order Amish Expanded Edition
Contributor(s): Schwieder, Elmer (Author), Schwieder, Dorothy (Author), Morain, Tom (Contribution by)

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ISBN: 1587298058     ISBN-13: 9781587298059
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity - Mennonite
- History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi
- Religion | Christianity - History
Dewey: 977.700
LCCN: 2008042343
Series: Bur Oak Books
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.75 lbs) 204 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Geographic Orientation - Iowa
- Cultural Region - Plains
- Cultural Region - Heartland
- Cultural Region - Upper Midwest
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product
 
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Now back in print with a new essay, this classic of Iowa history focuses on the Old Order Amish Mennonites, the state s most distinctive religious minority. Sociologist Elmer Schwieder and historian Dorothy Schwieder began their research with the largest group of Old Order Amish in the state, the community near Kalona in Johnson and Washington counties, in April 1970; they extended their studies and friendships in later years to other Old Order settlements as well as the slightly less conservative Beachy Amish.
"A Peculiar People" explores the origin and growth of the Old Order Amish in Iowa, their religious practices, economic organization, family life, the formation of new communities, and the vital issue of education. Included also are appendixes giving the 1967 Act Relating to Compulsory School Attendance and Educational Standards; a sample Church Organization Financial Agreement, demonstrating the group s unusual but advantageous mutual financial system; and the 1632 "Dortrecht Confession of Faith," whose eighteen articles cover all the basic religious tenets of the Old Order Amish.
Thomas Morain s new essay describes external and internal issues for the Iowa Amish from the 1970s to today. The growth of utopian Amish communities across the nation, changes in occupation (although "The Amish Directory" still lists buggy shop operators, wheelwrights, and one lone horse dentist), the current state of education and health care, and the conscious balance between modern and traditional ways are reflected in an essay that describes how the Old Order dedication to "Gelassenheit" the yielding of self to the interests of the larger community has served its members well into the twenty-first century.
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