Amish Grace · How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy by Kraybill, Donald B. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

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