Eastern Mennonite University
Eastern Mennonite University

Author: Donald B. Kraybill

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2017-09-14

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 0271080604

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In this unique educational history, Donald B. Kraybill traces the sociocultural transformation of Eastern Mennonite University from a fledgling separatist school founded by white, rural, Germanic Mennonites into a world-engaged institution populated by many faith traditions, cultures, and nationalities. The founding of Eastern Mennonite School, later Eastern Mennonite University, in 1917 came at a pivotal time for the Mennonite community. Industrialization and scientific discovery were rapidly changing the world, and the increasing availability of secular education offered tempting alternatives that threatened the Mennonite way of life. In response, the Eastern Mennonites founded a school that would “uphold the principles of plainness and simplicity,” where youth could learn the Bible and develop skills that would help advance the church. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the university’s identity evolved from separatism to social engagement in the face of churning moral tides and accelerating technology. EMU now defines its mission in terms of service, peacebuilding, and community. Comprehensive and well told by a leading scholar of Anabaptist and Pietist studies, this social history of Eastern Mennonite University reveals how the school has mediated modernity while remaining consistently Mennonite. A must-have for anyone affiliated with EMU, it will appeal especially to sociologists and historians of Anabaptist and Pietist studies and higher education.

The Amish in the American Imagination
The Amish in the American Imagination

Author: David Weaver-Zercher

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780801866814

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Enveloped in mystery, Amish culture has remained a captivating topic within mainstream American culture. In this volume, David Weaver-Zercher explores how Americans throughout the 20th century reacted to and interpreted the Amish. Through an examination of a variety of visual and textual sources, Weaver-Zercher explores how diverse groups - ranging from Mennonites to Hollywood producers - represented and understood the Amish.

Amish School
Amish School

Author: Sara Fisher

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1997-04-01

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 168099221X

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Revised Edition! Sold more than 50,000 copies in earlier editions! The Old Order Amish believe that school prepares children for the Amish way of life, for the responsibilities of adulthood, and for eternity. Most communities conduct their own schools, usually taught by Amish teachers. Sara E. Fisher, an Old Order Amish woman, taught a one-room school for seven years. This is her fascinating insider's view of a typical Amish school. Includes "Diary of an Amish Schoolgirl." This authoritative book on Amish education deals with many questions: Why do the Amish have their own schools? How are teachers chosen? How are the parents involved? What curriculum materials are used? What about children with special needs? Co-author Sara Fisher writes from her experience as an Amish schoolteacher; co-author Rachel Stahl writes from her years of extensive research.

Train Up a Child
Train Up a Child

Author: Karen Johnson-Weiner

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780801884955

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Train Up a Child explores how private schools in Old Order Amish communities reflect and perpetuate church-community values and identity. Here, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner asserts that the reinforcement of those values among children is imperative to the survival of these communities in the modern world. Surveying settlements in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York, Johnson-Weiner finds that, although Old Order communities have certain similarities in their codes of conduct, there is no standard Old Order school. She examines the choices each community makes—about pedagogy, curriculum, textbooks, even school design—to strengthen religious ideology, preserve the social and linguistic markers of Old Order identity, and protect their own community's beliefs and values from the influence of the dominant society. In the most comprehensive study of Old Order schools to date, Johnson-Weiner provides valuable insight into how variables such as community size and relationship with other Old Order groups affect the role of these schools in maintaining behavioral norms and in shaping the Old Order's response to modernity.

The Amish
The Amish

Author: Steven M. Nolt

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2016-05

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1421419564

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Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork and collaborative research, The Amish: A Concise Introduction is a compact but richly detailed portrait of Amish life. In fewer than 150 pages, readers will come away with a clear understanding of the complexities of these simple people.

The Americanization of a Rural Immigrant Church
The Americanization of a Rural Immigrant Church

Author: Dennis D. Engbrecht

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-07-06

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1351741926

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Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER II EUROPEAN BACKGROUND, 1525-1874 -- Anabaptism and Early Migration -- The Prussian Mennonite Church -- Settlement in Russia -- Life in Russia -- Economic Development -- Education -- The Church -- CHAPTER II - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER III IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA AND SETTLEMENT IN KANSAS -- Causes of Immigration -- Establishing New Communities -- The Local Church -- CHAPTER III - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER IV THE LANGUAGE TRANSITION -- The Role of the German Language -- Facilitators of the Language Transition -- American Mennonites -- Western District Conference -- Sunday School and Christian Endeavor Society -- Clergy -- Education -- Periodicals -- Evidence of Transition -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER IV - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER V THE AMERICANIZATION OF MENNONITE EDUCATION -- The Immigrant School -- Mennonite Parochial Schools -- The Americanization of Mennonite Schools -- The Response of the Church to Public Schools -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER V - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER VI THE IMPACT OF AMERICAN REVIVALISM, MODERNISM, AND SECULARISM -- American Revivalism -- Protracted Meetings -- Prohibition -- Church Schisms -- Modernist-Fundamentalist Controversy -- Secularism -- Nonresistance -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER VI - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER VII THE AMERICANIZATION OF CHURCH CUSTOMS -- Ordinances -- The Clerical Transition -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER VII - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER VIII THE FINE ARTS: MENNONITE ARCHITECTURE AND MUSIC -- Church Architecture -- Church Music -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER VIII - ENDNOTES -- CHAPTER IX CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER IX - ENDNOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY