Overview
Donald Kraybill brings together legal scholars and social scientists to explore the series of conflicts between a traditional religious minority and the modern state. In the process, the authors trace the preservation - and 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 legal conflicts over military service and conscription, social security and taxes, education, health care, land use and zoning, regulation of slow-moving vehicles, and other First Amendment issues. New concluding chapters assess the Amish contribution to preserving religious liberty in the United States.
Full Product Details
Author: Donald B. Kraybill (Distinguished Professor and Senior Fellow, Elizabethtown College) ,
Martin E. Marty
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition: second edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.522kg
ISBN: 9780801872365
ISBN 10: 0801872367
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 26 August 2003
Recommended Age: From 17
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
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 Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 2005
<p> 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
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 Invaluable... provides readers with updated insights into the workings of the small religious community. -- Thomas E. Gallagher Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Author Information
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.
