| Author | : Steven M. Nolt |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2016-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1421419564 |
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.
| Author | : Jean-Paul Benowitz and Peter J. DePuydt |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 1467120839 |
Established in 1899 as an academy with a college preparatory curriculum for high school students of the Church of the Brethren, Elizabethtown College evolved into a fully accredited, four-year, private liberal arts institution. Located in the heart of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's largest community of Amish, Mennonites, and Church of the Brethren, Elizabethtown College is home to the internationally recognized Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Known for its heritage of being founded by one of the Historic Peace Churches, Elizabethtown College hosts the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking. Today, the college is an independent residential academic community representing a wide variety of religious and philosophical perspectives firmly rooted in its commitment to servant leadership, peace, and justice.
| Author | : James O. Lehman |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 390 |
| Release | : 2007-11-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780801886720 |
Explores the moral dilemmas faced by various religious sects and how these groups struggled to come to terms with the effects of wartime Americanization-- without sacrificing their religious beliefs and values.
| Author | : Steven M. Nolt |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0801886058 |
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| Author | : Michael G. Long |
| Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
| Total Pages | : 212 |
| Release | : 2017-03-10 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1611648017 |
Jackie Robinson believed in a God who sides with the oppressed and who calls us to see one another as sisters and brothers. This faith was a powerful but quiet engine that drove and sustained him as he shattered racial barriers on and beyond the baseball diamond. Jackie Robinson: A Spiritual Biography explores the faith that, Robinson said, carried him through the torment and abuse he suffered for integrating the major leagues and drove him to get involved in the civil rights movement. Marked by sacrifice and service, inclusiveness and hope, Robinson's faith shaped not only his character but also baseball and America itself.
| Author | : Donald B. Kraybill |
| Publisher | : JHU Press |
| Total Pages | : 582 |
| Release | : 2003-05-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0801876311 |
Revised edition of this classic work brings the story of the Amish into the 21st century. Since its publication in 1989, The Riddle of Amish Culture has become recognized as a classic work on one of America's most distinctive religious communities. But many changes have occurred within Amish society over the past decade, from westward migrations and a greater familiarity with technology to the dramatic shift away from farming into small business which is transforming Amish culture. For this revised edition, Donald B. Kraybill has taken these recent changes into account, incorporating new demographic research and new interviews he has conducted among the Amish. In addition, he includes a new chapter describing Amish recreation and social gatherings, and he applies the concept of "social capital" to his sensitive and penetrating interpretation of how the Amish have preserved their social networks and the solidarity of their community.
| Author | : Susan C. Mapp |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 271 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0195339711 |
Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a framework, issues such as child trafficking, child soldiers, and child maltreatment are examined in nations around the world, as well as efforts to solve these problems.
| Author | : Mark W. Bernstein |
| Publisher | : Hundreds of Heads Books, LLC |
| Total Pages | : 479 |
| Release | : 2019-04-09 |
| Genre | : Study Aids |
| ISBN | : 1933512776 |
“provides student viewpoints and expert advice ... After reading this book students will be aware of the realities of college life and be better prepared to shape their own unique college experience." ―Journal of College Orientation and Transition “The perfect send-off present for the student who is college bound. The book manages to be hilarious and helpful. As an added bonus, it’s refreshingly free of sanctimony.” ―The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC) How to Survive Your Freshman Year (6th edition) is the perfect send-off gift for college-bound high school graduates. This revamped edition of America's #1 college advice guide includes new advice from hundreds of college students from around the country, alongside the best timeless advice from earlier editions. This ultimate “insider’s guide” to college life helps entering freshmen navigate the challenging transition to college life. The book also features expert advice from college advisers and administrators, mental health professionals and others.
| Author | : Carmine Sarracino |
| Publisher | : Beacon Press |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 9780807061534 |
From the golden age of comic books in the 1940s and 1950s to the adult film industry's golden decade of the 1970s and up to today, the authors trace porn's transformation--from lurking in the dark alleys of American life to becoming an unapologetic multibillion-dollar industry.
