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Accurately reveals the challenges faced by Amish youth caught between the expectations of traditional community and the pressures and temptations of adolescence.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Amish Life: Plain but Not So Simple
2. Religion: Transmitting the Faith
3. Adolescence: Building an Amish Identity
4. Schooling: Read'n, Rite'n, 'Rithmatic— but Shunning Darwin
5. Parenting: Holding On and Letting Go
6. Teen Culture: Working Hard and Having Fun
7. Singings: The First Step to Independence
8. Rumspringa: Stepping Out and Running About
9. Courtship: Looking for Love
10. Weddings: High Times in Plain Places
11. The Future: Keeping Faith in a World of Change
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Richard A. Stevick is a professor emeritus of psychology at Messiah College in Pennsylvania.

Reviews

Should be required reading for anyone within Amish studies... Engaging, forthright in a fashion that rings authentic, a truth-telling... -- Denise Reiling Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies