Amish/Bibliography

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Reformation background

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

History of the Amish

• Nolt, Steven M., History of the Amish, (2003), ISBN 1-56148-393-1

Contemporary Amish

• Good, Merle and Phyllis, The Twenty Most Asked Questons About the Amish and Mennonites (1995). A good basic introduction to the Amish, their history, traditions, and culture.
• 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 perspectives, written by a man who was raised Amish and later became a professor of anthropology and sociology.
• 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. Written in the aftermath of the Nickel Mines school shooting, this book examines the religious expression and values of the Amish, especially the concept of forgiveness.
• Scott, Stephen and Kenneth Pellman, Living Without Electricity, (1999), ISBN 0-934672-61-X. A brief, introductory level look at the contemporary Amish, with emphasis on their relationship to technology and the methods they employ in day-to-day living without utility electric power.
• 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)