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What the Amish teach us : plain living in a busy world / Donald B. Kraybill.

Van Pelt Library BJ1589 .K73 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kraybill, Donald B., author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Conduct of life.
Amish--Conduct of life.
Amish.
Physical Description:
xiv, 182 pages ; 19 cm
Place of Publication:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
Summary:
"Lessons from America's Amish about community, family, faith, business, and technology offer wisdom for modern life"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ESSAYS
1. Riddles
2. Villages
3. Community
4. Smallness
5. Tolerance
6. Spirituality
7. Family
8. Children
9. Parenting
10. Education
11. Apprenticeship
12. Technology
13. Hacking
14. Entrepreneurs
15. Patience
16. Limits
17. Rituals
18. Retirement
19. Forgiveness
20. Suffering
21. Nonresistance
22. Death.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
ebook version :
ISBN:
9781421442174
1421442175
OCLC:
1232010685

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