The Amish and the State
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Contents:Foreword Martin E. MartyPreface and Acknowledgments A Note on Sources1. Negotiating with Caesar Donald B. Kraybill2. The Amish View of the State Paton Yoder3. Military Service and Conscription Albert N. Keim4. The National Amish Steering Committee Marc A. Olshan5. Education and Schooling Thomas J. Meyers6. The National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom William C. Lindholm7. Social Security and Taxes Peter J. Ferrara8. Slow-Moving Vehicles Lee J. Zook9. Health Care Gertrude Enders Huntington10. Land Use Elizabeth Place11. The Role of Outsiders Robert L. Kidder12. Encounters with the State, 1990-2002 Herman D. Bontrager13. First Amendment Issues William B. Ball14. The Amish and the American Oyster Garrett EppsApendix: Significant Legal Cases Elizabeth PlaceNotes References Contributors Index

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Donald B. Kraybill is Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania. Widely recognized for his work on Anabaptist groups, he has authored and edited many books, including The Riddle of Amish Culture and The Amish and the State, both available from Johns Hopkins.

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The second edition... is... a resource book that will be of considerable interest not only to scholars of the Amish and other Anabaptists but to those concerned with religious freedom-and its recent decline-in the United States. -- Timothy Miller Utopian Studies Invaluable... provides readers with updated insights into the workings of the small religious community. -- Thomas E. Gallagher Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

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