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Title
  • Amish grace : how forgiveness transcended tragedy / Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, David L. Weaver-Zercher.
Author
Kraybill, Donald B.
Publication
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Nolt, Steven M., 1968-
  • Weaver-Zercher, David, 1960-
Description
xv, 237 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Examines the Amish community's intention to forgive the man who killed five Amish children at the West Nickel Mines School in Pennsylvania in 2006, discussing how the Amish concept of forgiveness has a long tradition in their religion and is part of a deeply embedded belief in pardon and reconciliation.
Subject
  • 2006
  • Amish > Doctrines
  • Forgiveness of sin
  • West Nickel Mines Amish School
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-221) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Nickel Mines Amish -- The shooting -- The aftermath -- The surprise -- The reactions -- The habit of forgiveness -- The roots of forgiveness -- The spirituality of forgiveness -- The practice of forgiveness -- Forgiveness at Nickel Mines -- What about shunning? -- Grief, providence, and justice -- Amish grace and the rest of us.
ISBN
  • 9780787997618 (cloth)
  • 0787997617 (cloth)
LCCN
^^2007019071
OCLC
124538787
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library