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A list of key readings about Amish.
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Reformation background

  • Cohn, Norman, Pursuit of the Millennium
  • Klaassen, Walter, Anabaptism: Neither Catholic nor Protestant

History of the Amish

Contemporary Amish

  • Good, Merle and Phyllis, The Twenty Most Asked Questons About the Amish and Mennonites (1995)
  • Hostetler, John A., Amish Society, 4th edition (1993), ISBN 0-8018-4442-8. Generally considered the definitive work on the Amish, with information on their history, culture, and group dynamics, as well as sociological perspecitves.
  • Kraybill, Donald B., The Riddle of Amish Culture (1989).
  • Kraybill, Donald B. and Steven M. Nolt, Amish Enterprise: From Plows to Profits (2nd ed, 2004)
  • Kraybill, Donald B., Steven M. Nolt, and David L. Weaver-Zercher, Amish Grace, (2007), ISBN 978-0-7879-9761-8. An examination of the religious expression of the Amish, especially the concept of forgiveness in the aftermath of the Nickel Mines shooting.
  • Scott, Stephen and Kenneth Pellman, Living Without Electricity, (1999), ISBN 0-934672-61-X. A brief look at the contemporary Amish, especially their relationship to technology.
  • Nolt, Steven M. and Thomas J. Meyers, Plain Diversity: Amish Cultures and Identities (2007).

Controversies and Issues

  • Kraybill, Donald B., The Amish and the State (1993)

Views on the Amish

  • Weaver-Zercher, David L., The Amish in the American Imagination (2001)
  • Umble, Diane Zimmerman and David Weaver-Zercher (eds), The Amish and the Media (2008)