Holding the Line: The Telephone in Old Order Mennonite and Amish Life

(Part of the Center Books in Anabaptist Studies Series)

by Diane Zimmerman Umble and Professor Diane Zimmerman Umble PhD

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An unexpected history of the Mennonites and Amish

Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

Among the Old Order Mennonite and Amish communities of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the coming of the telephone posed a serious challenge to the longstanding traditions of work, worship, silence, and visiting. In 1907, Mennonites crafted a compromise in order to avoid a church split and grudgingly allowed...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801863759

ISBN13:9780801863752

Release Date:February 2000

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Christian Denominations & Sects Engineering Mennonite Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Social Science Social Sciences Sociology State & Local Technology

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