Simons, Menno. See Menno Simons
simplicity, 29, 31, 53, 110, 124, 221, 258, 318
singing, 128, 146, 151, 178, 189
tempo of, 122, 124
in unison, 120, 123
Sisters Days, 89, 151
small-scale size, 106–7, 197, 245, 317
Smoker, Ike, 254
smoking, 32, 45, 125
social capital, 31, 72, 143, 155, 176, 193, 325
and business success, 257–58, 308
and circles of support, 153–54
defined, 20
networks of, 101–6, 142, 143, 144, 277, 317
preservation of, 21, 160, 188, 212, 221, 301, 321
replenishing, 149, 150–51, 156, 158, 259
threats to, 143, 160, 174, 220, 242, 273, 305
social change, 28, 295–318, 319
and adaptation, 295–96
and economic benefits, 303, 321
innovators of, 305–6
and moving cultural fences, 297–302
political context of, 305–7
regulating, 302–5, 318
social class, 98, 109–10, 263–67
social control, 22, 23, 108, 317. See also confessions; shunning
social interaction, 107–8, 111–12. See also frolics
socialization, 22, 161, 177, 321
Social Security, 102, 276–79, 280, 324–25, 327, 329
exemption from, 257, 267, 277, 278, 313
rejection of, 12, 273, 326
social structure, 13, 80–110, 111, 119, 143, 316, 330–32
Stoltzfus, Gideon, 96
Stolzfus, Ike, 199–200
Stolzfus, Mike, 200
Stolzfus, Stephen F., 167
submission, 29, 53, 60, 318, 324, 330
to church, 119, 122, 128
and confession, 131, 134. See also Gelassenheit
Sunday, as holy day, 125, 313
Sunday schools, 15, 25, 96, 190
Supreme Court, 1972 ruling of, 162, 183, 313
surnames, 92
Swiss Anabaptists. See under Anabaptists
symbolism, 32, 54–79
synthetic materials, 45, 69, 295, 302, 315
taxes, 101, 273, 278–80, 327
“taxis.” See cars
technology, 25, 26, 31, 131, 188–212, 329
and buggies, 78–79
communication, 192, 263, 305, 312, 327
control of, 52, 197, 258, 307, 318, 321, 328
electronic, 2, 3, 19
labor-saving, 46, 51
ownership vs. use, 208, 217
as threat to community, 160, 211
teens. See gangs; youth
telephones, 113, 189
ban on, 1, 191, 301
cell, 19, 126, 195, 311–12
community, 193, 195, 197
in homes, 194, 196–97, 295, 298, 311
use of, 15, 24, 25, 52, 188, 190–92, 212, 215, 268, 299, 302, 315
use of, vs. visiting, 192–93
voice mail, 195
telephone shanties, 193–95, 311
television, 15, 19, 54, 188, 205
opposition to, 18, 113, 115, 201, 281, 295, 304, 312, 329
use in public schools, 172, 178
Thompson, James H., 166, 167
thrift, 29, 48–49
time and pace, 50–51, 72. See also clocks
tobacco: growing, 13, 230
use of, 125, 233. See also smoking
tolerance, 323, 326
tourism, 10, 78, 240, 241, 281, 284, 324, 327
and Amish business, 250, 257
impact of, 291–94
ironies of, 287–91
and roadside stands, 290–91, 315
tractors, 2, 136, 225–28
ban on, 26, 115, 131
at the barn, 227–28, 315
and engines, 231–32
recall of, 223–25, 298
use of, 15, 16, 25, 190, 215, 222–28, 240, 301, 304, 315. See also farm machinery: horse-drawn
tradition, 108, 325
and change, 50, 52, 112, 197, 198, 232, 297–302, 314
and conformity, 323–24
value of, 49–50, 178
wisdom of, 32, 82
trains, 213, 215
transportation, 31, 50, 321
air, 115, 131, 213, 301, 328
bicycle, 2, 24, 114, 213, 302, 305
public, 213, 215, 302. See also bicycles; buggies; cars; horses
travel, 89–90, 153
values. See cultural values
violence, 6, 325, 330
visiting, 51, 150–51, 155, 192–93
voting, 136, 274, 275, 302
weddings, 92, 94, 95, 112, 138, 148–49, 260
Weir, Peter, 281
wheel chairs, electric, 115
Wisconsin v. Yoder. See Supreme Court, 1972 ruling of
Witness (film) controversy, 280–84
women, 82, 164
in business, 84, 246, 261
dress of, 60–63, 66
hair styles of, 60, 113
role of, 83–87, 121
wood workers, 153
work, 31, 205–6, 238–67, 322, 329
Amish attitudes toward, 46–48, 52, 125, 227, 261
construction, 245, 252–53, 260, 265
factory, 226, 241–43, 244, 246–47, 255, 314
field, 46, 85, 225–26, 232, 314
household, 46, 84, 244–48, 305
manual, 47, 241
nonfarm, 160, 244–48, 250, 255, 259, 313, 315, 317, 321
and play, 151, 152
shop, 46, 263
Worker’s Compensation, 102, 183, 257, 273, 276, 279–80, 314
the world, separation from, 6, 22, 46, 216, 268, 293, 318
and the church, 44–45, 271, 277
and community telephones, 193–94, 197
and helping outsiders, 157–58
and holding public office, 273, 275
and preservation of social capital, 21, 321
and technology, 210–11, 262–63. See also worldliness
worldliness, 26, 40, 53, 186, 197, 201
avoidance of, 72, 106, 116
examples of, 45, 95, 227, 281, 301
and social change, 28, 298. See also modernity
worship. See church services
wrist watches, 43, 64
youth, 82, 116–19, 145–49, 184–87
youth groups. See gangs
zoning laws, 251, 253–54, 284, 285, 306–7, 313, 314
Zook, Ike, 223
Zook, Jacob, 165, 173
Zwingli, Ulrich, 4
CREDITS
Photographs by the following photographers appear on the pages listed: Keith Baum, 12, 129; Dennis L. Hughes, 48, 71, 107, 114, 118, 125, 147, 156, 185, 194, 201, 209, 221, 231, 234, 249, 252, 253, 262, 266, 270, 274, 288, 291, 300, 303, 310, 314; Jerry Irwin, 316 (courtesy of the Pennsylvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau); Lucian Niemeyer, 177, 218, 226; Richard K. Reinhold, 14, 20, 35, 42, 59, 85, 159, 181, 282; Charles S. Rice, 163 Blair Seitz, iv, 5 (courtesy of the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society), 24, 39, 62, 64, 75, 91, 109, 149, 204, 211; Shirley Glick Wenger, 28, 87, 152. A cartoon by Charles Beyl appears on page 214. Drawings by Linda Eberly appear on pages 7, 11, 17, 18, 25, 31, 89, 100, 143, 179, 242, 257, 308. Photographs courtesy of the following sources appear on the pages listed: Lancaster Newspapers, Inc., 170; Wide World Photos, 133.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Donald B. Kraybill’s many books on Anabaptist groups include The Upside-Down Kingdom (1990), which received the national Religious Book Award, and The Amish Struggle with Modernity (1994). He edited the award-winning The Amish and the State (1993) and coauthored Old Order Amish: Their Enduring Way of Life (1993); Mennonite Peacemaking: From Quietism to Activism (1994); and Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits (1995). His most recent books are On the Backroad to Heaven: Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren (2001) and Anabaptist World USA (2001). Kraybill is a professor of sociology and
Anabaptist studies at Messiah College in Pennsylvania.
CENTER BOOKS IN ANABAPTIST STUDIES
Brethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a “Peculiar People”
Carl F. Bowman
Two Kingdoms, Two Loyalties: Mennonite Pacifism in Modern America
Perry Bush
Amish Roots: A Treasury of History, Wisdom, and Lore
John A. Hostetler, ed.
The Body and the Book: Writing from a Mennonite Life
Julia Kasdorf
The Riddle of Amish Culture, rev. ed.
Donald B. Kraybill
The Amish and the State
Donald B. Kraybill, ed.
On the Backroad to Heaven:
Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren
Donald B. Kraybill and Carl F. Bowman
Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits
Donald B. Kraybill and Steven M. Nolt
Old Order Amish: Their Enduring Way of Life
Lucian Niemeyer and Donald B. Kraybill
Hutterite Beginnings:
Communitarian Experiments during the Reformation
Werner O. Packull
Power, Authority, and the Anabaptist Tradition
Benjamin W. Redekop and Calvin W. Redekop, eds.
Mennonite Entrepreneurs
Calvin Redekop, Stephen C. Ainlay, and Robert Siemens
Creation and the Environment:
An Anabaptist Perspective on a Sustainable World
Calvin Redekop, ed.
The Amish on the Iowa Prairie, 1840 to 1910
Steven D. Reschly
Amish and Mennonite Women in History
Kimberly D. Schmidt, Steven D. Reschly, and Diane Zimmerman Umble
Holding the Line:
The Telephone in Old Order Mennonite and Amish Life
Diane Zimmerman Umble
The Amish in the American Imagination
David Weaver-Zercher
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