Amish in Their Own Words

Brad Igou

MennoMedia, 1999 - Religion - 400 pages

Brad Igou offers writings by Amish people across North America, compiled from the first 25 years (1968-92) of Family Life, a monthly Amish magazine. He includes letters, articles, history lessons, parables, questions, challenges—a wide spectrum of human experience, from an Amish point of view. Sixteen chapters cover fascinating topics such as shunning, nonresistance, clothing, youth activities, old age, conflicts with the modern world, work, church, humor, and lessons from life.

You will laugh, cry, and be touched in a personal way by a people focused on living for God. These humble folk write with simple directness. Open this book and explore the unique world of the Amish, their history, their church; their community, their challenges, joys, and sorrows, as only they can tell it—in their own words.

Contents

• Foreword by Stephen Scott: 11
• What Is Family Life?: 17
• Turbulent Beginnings: 23

About the author

Brad Igou first became interested in the Amish of Lancaster County as a tour guide and came to know some Amish personally. He spent three months living with an Amish family as he studied for his sociology-anthropology major at Ithaca (NY) College. Brad was an English teacher in Japan for eight years. Back home in Lancaster, Brad was employed by Amish Country Tours and started compiling writings from the Amish periodical Family Life. He was president and co-owner of the Amish Experience, a center interpreting Amish culture to visitors.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Amish in Their Own Words
• Editor: Brad Igou
• Compiled by: Brad Igou
• Edition: illustrated, unabridged, reprint
• Publisher: MennoMedia, 1999
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Jun 11, 2009
• ISBN: 0836191234, 9780836191233
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Amish; Religion / Christianity / Calvinist; Religion / Christianity / Mennonite