Resurrection
“Retro Remodeler” vignette
Revenge
Riehl, S.
Roman Catholic Church
Romans
Rules. See
Ordnung
“Rules of a Godly Life”: on actions (works); background on; contents of; on separation from the world; on speech (words); text of, reproduced; on thoughts; use of
Rumspringa
Rural life: benefits of; connection with nature and; frugality and; preference for
S
Salvation: Amish views on; Amish views on outsiders’; in Christianity; evangelism and; infant baptism and; “new birth” concept and; obedience and; outsiders’ views on Amish; two-track system of
Sam’s Club
2 Samuel 11:2-5
Satan: as active in the world; rebellion of
See also
Evil
Scholarship, limitations on
School trustees
Schools, Amish: activities and curricula of; Bible reading in; lack of technology and plumbing in; nature included in; nonresistance taught in; singing in;
uffgevva
transmitted in
See also
Education
Schoolteachers
Schwartz, B.
Scripture readings: Bible study and; in family devotions; in private devotions; in sermon preparation; in Sunday worship service
See also
Lectionary; Texts
Seasons: attunement to; church year; in lectionary
Seating arrangements
Second Commandment
Security: of Amish faith; in mutual aid
Self surrender and denial
See also
Giving up
(uffgevva);
Individualism
“Self-Taught Artist” vignette
“Separation from the world” ethic: Anabaptist origins of; evilness of the world and; giving up and; scriptural basis of; shunning and; two-kingdom view and
Serenity
Serenity Prayer
Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, A
(Law)
Sermon on the Mount;
Anabaptists and;
literal following of;
nonresistance and
Sermons: Communion Sunday; deciding who will preach; humility in preaching; preparation for; Sunday main; Sunday opening; textual resources for
Settlements: definition of; locations of largest
Sewing Circle
Sewing machines
Sexual abuse
Sexual compulsion
Shaming
See also
Shunning
Sheilaism
Shops, Amish-owned
Shunning; as act of love; cessation of; outsiders’ perceptions of; practice of; scriptural support for
Silence: and absence of noisemakers; as response to injury; spiritual value of
“Simeon in the Temple,”
Simons, M.
Simplicity: in clothing; costs of; in funerals; guidelines for teaching children; in material possessions; rationale for; value of; in weddings
Sin: disciplinary procedures for; idleness and; mainstream
versus
Amish views of; pride as; public confession of; typical penalties for confessed; violation of
Ordnung
as
Singing: Amish style of; as antidote to depression; in childhood; extent of; in families; at funerals; in schools; at weddings
Slabaugh, E.
Smucker, E. F.
Snowmobile accident
Social Security exemption
Solar power
Solomon, King
Song leaders
Sorrow and suffering; accepting, through God’s providence; children with disabilities and; grieving and; legacy of; patience in; silence as response to; understanding of
See also
Death; Evil; Illness
Spanking
Special needs, flexibility in rules for
See also
Disabilities
Speech, “Rules of a Godly Life” on
Spirituality: Amish principles applied to outsiders’; contemporary individualistic
Spirituality, Amish: applicability of, to mainstream society; centrality of, to Amish life; childraising and; Christian basis of; church
(Gmay)
membership and; community and; death and; evil and; in family; giving up
(uffgevva)
and; healing with; learning from; material possessions and; in nature; non-Amish resources used in; outsiders’ perceptions of; peculiarity of; perils to; private devotions in; role of study in; salvation in; in schools; security of; sorrow and; sources of; vignettes illustrating; worship in
Sports.
See
Games and sports
Square dancing
Stargazing
Stewardship: of material possessions; of nature
Stoll, E.
Stoll, J.
Stoltzfus, S.
Strangers and Pilgrims: Why We Live Simply
(Stoll)
Stress, of Amish
versus
non-Amish women
Strobel, L.
Submission.
See
Giving up; Obedience
“Sudden Death Reunion,”
Suffering.
See
Sorrow and suffering
Sunday worship services; assembly for; children in; frequency of; hosting of; hymn singing in; meal following; patience in; prayers in; preparation for; sermons in
See also
Communion
Surrender.
See
Giving up
Suspension from church membership
T
Taxes
Technology: decision making about; selectivity in; using
versus
owning; variances in
See also
Material possessions
Teenagers: baptism of; in church services; faith of; percentage of, who choose baptism;
Rumspringa
period of; Sunday evening gatherings of; unbaptized, as exempt from excommunication
Telephones
Television
Temptation
Testimony: in court; of faith
Testing period, for converts
Textbooks, children’s
Texts, spiritual: Amish lectionary and; Amish-authored; evangelical; non-Amish-authored; reading and study of; for sermon preparation
See also
Bible; Lectionary; Scripture readings
2 Thessalonians 3:6
Thoughts, “Rules of a Godly Life” on
1 Timothy: 2:9
“Tips on Training a Two-Year-Old,”
Tools
Torah chanting
Tough love
Toys
Tradition, respect for
Tragedy.
See
Sorrow and suffering
Triune God
Troyer, D.
Troyer, J.A.N.
True Stories of the X-Amish
Two-kingdom view
Two-track system of salvation
U
Uffgevva
. See Giving up
Unison singing style
“Unwilling Warriors” vignette
“Upbringing of the Child, The” (“
Die Kinder Zucht
”)
U.S. Supreme Court
USA Today
V
Vacations
Values, mainstream.
See
Mainstream society
Violence: forgiveness of; justice and; prohibition against; responses to; silence in response to
See also
Pacifism
Visiting
Volunteer fire companies
Voting: on excommunication; in governmental elections; on pardon of sin; privilege of; women’s right of
W
Waiting in order
Walmart
Warren, R.
Water sports
Waterskiing
Wealth: church restrictions on; humility and; new; simple lifestyle
versus
display of; variation in
Weather
Weaver, E.
Weddings
Wesley, C.
Western genre, values of
Why We Can’t Wait
(King)
Willems, D.
Wisconsin, Amish populations in
Wisconsin v.Yoder
Witnessing
Women: contentment of; dress of; personal sense of worth of; roles of; stress levels of
Wood product businesses
Work discipline: instilled in childhood; simplicity and
World, separation from.
See
“Separation from the world” ethic
Worship.
See
Communion; Sunday worship services
“Would-Be Violinist” vignette
Writing, to process grief
Y
Yoder, Wisconsin v.
Z
Zeugniss
(testimony)
Zodiac
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