Growing up Amish The Rumspringa Years |
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| Author:
| Stevick, Richard A. |
| Series title: | Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-1371-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2014 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $27.00 |
Book Description:
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On the surface, it appears that little has changed for Amish youth in the past decade: children learn to work hard early in life, they complete school by age fourteen or fifteen, and a year or two later they begin Rumspringa--that brief period during which they are free to date and explore the outside world before choosing whether to embrace a ......
On the surface, it appears that little has changed for Amish youth in the past decade: children learn to work hard early in life, they complete school by age fourteen or fifteen, and a year or two later they begin Rumspringa--that brief period during which they are free to date and explore the outside world before choosing whether to embrace a ......