Table of Contents
Praise
Title Page
Copyright Page
PREFACE
Part One
CHAPTER ONE - The Nickel Mines Amish
CHAPTER TWO - The Shooting
CHAPTER THREE - The Aftermath
CHAPTER FOUR - The Surprise
CHAPTER FIVE - The Reactions
Lauding Amish Forgiveness
Questioning Amish Forgiveness
Using Amish Forgiveness
Part Two
CHAPTER SIX - The Habit of Forgiveness
Anabaptist Habits
Forgiveness as First Response
Forgiveness in the Media Spotlight
Consequences, but Not Revenge
Forgiveness, Fear, and Sympathy
Playing the Repertoire in Georgetown
CHAPTER SEVEN - The Roots of Forgiveness
The Amish and Discipleship
Reading Matthew and Practicing Forgiveness
The Lord ’s Prayer
Forgiving to Be Forgiven
CHAPTER EIGHT - The Spirituality of Forgiveness
Amish Spirituality
Stories and Songs
Reflecting Forgiveness in a Martyrs Mirror
The Dramatic Witness of Dirk Willems
Forgiveness in Amish Schoolbooks
CHAPTER NINE - The Practice of Forgiveness
Train Up a Child
Giving Up Self
Preparing for Communion
The Struggle to Forgive
Fasting and Communion
Part Three
CHAPTER TEN - Forgiveness at Nickel Mines
What Is Forgiveness?
Amish Anger?
Instant Forgiveness?
“ Forgiving ” the Killer’s Family
The Question of Self-Respect
CHAPTER ELEVEN - What About Shunning?
Members Meetings and Pardon
Excommunication
Shunning
Shunning and Forgiveness
Two Sides of Love
CHAPTER TWELVE - Grief, Providence, and Justice
Amish Grief
God’s Providence and the Reality of Evil
Amish Views of Providence
Salvation and Final Judgment
Earthly Justice
This World Is Not Our Home
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Amish Grace and the Rest of Us
The Amish Are Not Us
The Perils of Strip Mining
Extracting Lessons from Nickel Mines
AFTERWORD (2010)
INTERVIEW WITH TERRI ROBERTS
APPENDIX: THE AMISH OF NORTH AMERICA
ENDNOTES
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER READING
Acknowledgements
THE AUTHORS
INDEX
DISCUSSION AND REFLECTION GUIDE