Книга: John A Hostetler «Amish Society 4e»
Производитель: "Неизвестный" Amish Society 4e ISBN:9780801844423 Издательство: "Неизвестный" (1993)
ISBN: 9780801844423 |
John A. Hostetler
John A. Hostetler (1918-2001) was an author, educator, and leading scholar of
Life
John Andrew Hostetler was born to an
He married Hazel Schrock in June 1949. The Hostetlers then moved to State College, Pennsylvania where John began graduate studies in rural sociology at the
Educator and author
Dismayed by inaccurate popular essays on the Amish, Hostetler published "Amish Life" (Herald Press, 1952) and "The Amish" (Herald Press, 1995), books still in print at his death, whose combined sales approached 850,000 copies at that time. He received his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1953 for a dissertation entitled "The Sociology of Mennonite Evangelism" which was subsequently published by Herald Press. During a five year stint at the Mennonite Publishing House, he served as book editor and also wrote a history of the press, "God Uses Ink" (1958).
Beginning in 1959 he held faculty teaching appointments at the
Work
Hostetler's scholarship and publications included at least twenty articles in church periodicals, nearly that number in the "
In addition to his formal publications Hostetler wrote many research reports, directed six funded research projects, and served as an expert witness in at least five court cases involving minority groups, the most prominent one being
Through publication and contact with the public media Hostetler served as the leading national interpreter of Amish and Hutterite communities throughout the last half of the twentieth century. As a champion of religious liberty, he was instrumental in preserving and protecting fundamental religious rights of religious minorities, working in quiet and sensitive ways to build bridges of understanding and respect between Old Order communities and the larger world. One of his most enduring accomplishments was his ability to nurture and maintain the trust of leaders and members of Old Order communities.
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