Rumspringa

Tom Shachtman

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North Point Press
29 May 2007

Biography; Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Social & cultural anthropology

Rumspringa is Tom Shachtman's celebrated look at a littleknown Amish coming-of-age ritual, the rumspringa--the period of running around that begins for their youth at age sixteen. During this time, Amish youth are allowed to live outside the bounds of their faith, experimenting with alcohol, premarital sex, revealing clothes, telephones, drugs, and wild parties. By allowing such broad freedoms, their parents hope they will learn enough to help them make the most important decision of their lives--whether to be baptized as Christians, join the church, and forever give up worldly ways, or to remain in the world.

In this searching book, Shachtman draws on his skills as a documentarian to capture young people on the cusp of a fateful decision, and to give us one of the most absorbing books ever written about the Plain People (Publishers Weekly).

By: Tom Shachtman
Imprint: North Point Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: annotated edition
Dimensions: Height: 213mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780865477421
ISBN 10: 0865477426
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 29 May 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Rumspringa

"""[A] wonderfully rich portrait and history of the Amish as a people."" --Donna Freitas, The Wall Street Journal ""Shachtman is like a maestro, masterfully conducting an orchestra of history, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and journalism together in a harmonious and evocative symphony of all things Amish."" --Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor"

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Rumspringa

Tom Shachtman

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