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Description for The Amish and the State
Hardcover. Yoder case, and law professor Garret Epps, assess the Amish contribution to preserving religious liberty in the United States. Editor(s): Kraybill, Donald B. Series: Center Books in Anabaptist Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRCC2; HRCC99; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 635.
In this new edition of The Amish and the State Donald Kraybill brings together legal scholars and social scientists to explore the unique series of conflicts between a traditional religious minority and the modern state. In the process, the authors trace the preservation-and the erosion-of religious liberty in American life. Kraybill begins with an overview of the Amish in North America and describes the "negotiation model" used throughout the book to interpret a variety of legal conflicts. Subsequent chapters deal with specific aspects of religious freedom over which the Amish and the state have clashed. Focusing on the period ... Read more
In this new edition of The Amish and the State Donald Kraybill brings together legal scholars and social scientists to explore the unique series of conflicts between a traditional religious minority and the modern state. In the process, the authors trace the preservation-and the erosion-of religious liberty in American life. Kraybill begins with an overview of the Amish in North America and describes the "negotiation model" used throughout the book to interpret a variety of legal conflicts. Subsequent chapters deal with specific aspects of religious freedom over which the Amish and the state have clashed. Focusing on the period ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Center Books in Anabaptist Studies
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801874307
SKU
V9780801874307
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About
Donald B. Kraybill is Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. Widely recognized for his work on Anabaptist groups, he has authored and edited many books, including The Riddle of Amish Culture and The Amish and the State, both available from Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for The Amish and the State
The second edition... is... a resource book that will be of considerable interest not only to scholars of the Amish and other Anabaptists but to those concerned with religious freedom-and its recent decline-in the United States.
Timothy Miller Utopian Studies 2005 Invaluable... provide readers with updated insights into the workings of the small religious community.
Thomas E. Gallagher ... Read more
Timothy Miller Utopian Studies 2005 Invaluable... provide readers with updated insights into the workings of the small religious community.
Thomas E. Gallagher ... Read more