Rumspringa
Title | Rumspringa PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Shachtman |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2007-05-29 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780865477421 |
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Growing Up Amish
Title | Growing Up Amish PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Stevick |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2007-04-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780801885679 |
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A Forbidden Rumspringa
Title | A Forbidden Rumspringa PDF eBook |
Author | Keira Andrews |
Publisher | Keira Andrews |
Pages | 279 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0993859828 |
When two young Amish men find love, will they risk losing everything? In a world where every detail of life is dictated by God and the all-powerful rules of the church, David takes on Isaac as a carpentry apprentice. Soon their attraction grows amid the sweat and sawdust, and they share sinful secrets. Can they reconcile their shocking desires with their commitment to faith, family and community?
From Rumspringa to Marriage
Title | From Rumspringa to Marriage PDF eBook |
Author | Donald B. Kraybill |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 43 |
Release | 2012-03-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1421410478 |
Hopkins Digital Shorts deliver high-quality scholarship and compelling narratives in an abbreviated, electronic format. Whether excerpted from forthcoming or classic backlist titles or developed with newly commissioned content, Hopkins Digital Shorts provide concise introductions to fundamental concepts, defining moments, and influential texts. Rumspringa, literally translated as “running around,” is a time when Amish youth socialize with their peers and are allowed some autonomy before officially joining the church as young adults. It has become one of the most recognized aspects of Amish life, both real and mythologized. During this time they face the two most crucial decisions of their lives: whether to join the church, and if and whom to marry. Rumspringa, an exciting adventure and at times a period of inner turmoil, commences at age sixteen—or seventeen in more traditional groups—and continues until marriage. With few exceptions, adolescents eagerly count the days until they are old enough to join the young folks. In this digital short, Kraybill considers the nuances of this important rite of passage into Amish adulthood.
Growing Up Amish
Title | Growing Up Amish PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Stevick |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 393 |
Release | 2014-06-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 142141371X |
Accurately reveals the challenges faced by Amish youth caught between the expectations of traditional community and the pressures and temptations of adolescence. On the surface, it appears that little has changed for Amish youth in the past decade: children learn to work hard early in life, they complete school by age fourteen or fifteen, and a year or two later they begin Rumspringa—that brief period during which they are free to date and explore the outside world before choosing whether to embrace a lifetime of Amish faith and culture. But the Internet and social media may be having a profound influence on significant numbers of the Youngie, according to Richard A. Stevick, who says that Amish teenagers are now exposed to a world that did not exist for them only a few years ago. Once hidden in physical mailboxes, announcements of weekend parties are now posted on Facebook. Today, thousands of Youngie in large Amish settlements are dedicated smartphone and Internet users, forcing them to navigate carefully between technology and religion. Updated photographs throughout this edition of Growing Up Amish include a screenshot from an Amish teenager's Facebook page. In the second edition of Growing Up Amish, Stevick draws on decades of experience working with and studying Amish adolescents across the United States to produce this well-rounded, definitive, and realistic view of contemporary Amish youth. Besides discussing the impact of smartphones and social media usage, he carefully examines work and leisure, rites of passage, the rise of supervised youth groups, courtship rituals, weddings, and the remarkable Amish retention rate. Finally, Stevick contemplates the potential of electronic media to significantly alter traditional Amish practices, culture, and staying power.
A World Away
Title | A World Away PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Grossman |
Publisher | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2012-07-17 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1423178092 |
A summer of firsts Sixteen-year-old Eliza Miller has never made a phone call, never tried on a pair of jeans, never sat in a darkened theater waiting for a movie to start. She's never even talked to someone her age who isn't Amish, like her. A summer of good-byes When she leaves her close-knit family to spend the summer as a nanny in suburban Chicago, a part of her can't wait to leave behind everything she knows. She can't imagine the secrets she will uncover, the friends she will make, the surprises and temptations of a way of life so different from her own. A summer of impossible choices Every minute Eliza spends with her new friend Josh feels as good as listening to music for the first time, and she wonders whether there might be a place for her in his world. But as summer wanes, she misses the people she has left behind, and the Plain life she once took for granted. Eliza will have to decide for herself where she belongs. Whichever choice she makes, she knows she will lose someone she loves.
Rumspringa
Title | Rumspringa PDF eBook |
Author | Lee Maguire |
Publisher | |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 2020-10-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780999411223 |