Amish Life
- ISBN-10
- 0836133269
- ISBN-13
- 9780836133264
- Category
- Amish
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- Scottdale, Pa. ; Kitchener, Ont. : Herald Press
- Author
- John Andrew Hostetler
Description
The Amish are a church-community, a community whose members practice simple and austere living, a conservative branch of Christianity, a family-oriented labor-intensive economic system.
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