IN THIS ISSUE In the two decades spanning the movie "Witness" (1985)–which first introduced the Amish to a mass audience–and the dramatic story of Amish forgiveness following the Nickel Mines school shootings in 2006, the Amish have become a familiar feature in American popular culture. Yet that same familiarity has…
Contents of Volume LXXXII July 2008 Number Three In This Issue In Memoriam: Jean Séguy (1925-2007) Understanding the Amish in Twenty-First Century America Paul S. Boyer Who Are the Real Amish’: Rethinking Diversity and Identity Among a Separate People…
BOOK REVIEWS Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities. By Steven M. Nolt and Thomas J. Meyers. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2007. Pp. 244. $48. Plain Diversity provides a new approach to the study of the Old Order Amish. While many books and articles mention diversity, they still…
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Call for Papers: ?Anabaptist Convictions after Marpeck’?an inter-disciplinary conference to be held at Bluffton University, June 26-28, 2009. Proposals are invited for papers that address the emergence and development of Anabaptist convictions in light of the work and life of Pilgram Marpeck and of the Marpeck circle.
Contents of Volume LXXXII October 2008 Number Four In This Issue In Memoriam: Albert N. Keim (1935-2008) Reformation Publishing and Anabaptist Propaganda: Two Contrasting Communication Strategies for the Spread of the Anabaptist Message in the Early Days of the Swiss Brethren…
