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Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xv Chapter One Amish Life: Plain but Not So Simple 3 Chapter Two Religion: Transmitting the Faith 25 Chapter Three Adolescence: Building an Amish Identity 47 Chapter Four Schooling: Read’n, Rite’n, ’Rithmatic— but Shunning Darwin 69 Chapter Five Parenting: Holding On and Letting Go 89 viii [ Contents { Chapter Six Teen Culture: Working Hard and Having Fun 125 Chapter Seven Singings: The First Step to Independence 155 Chapter Eight Rumspringa: Stepping Out and Running About 175 Chapter Nine Courtship: Looking for Love 211 Chapter Ten Weddings: High Times in Plain Places 241 Chapter Eleven The Future: Keeping Faith in a World of Change 275 Epilogue 299 Notes 311 Bibliography 349 Index 361 ...

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