Donald Kraybill
New Book Examines Amish Forgiveness
Donald Kraybill is coming out with a new book about the way the Amish spontaneously forgave the killer after the West Nickel Mines shooting tragedy last October. Kraybill spoke about his forthcoming book Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy, and the phenomenon of forgiveness, at the quarterly meeting of the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society on […]
Amish Experts on a Panel at Penn State
Aware of their reputation for forgiveness, some Amish are now asking, “are we as good at forgiving one another as the world is making us out to be?” David Weaver-Zercher, quoting some Amish contacts, indicates that they are conscious of their tendency to be hypercritical of one another, even as they quickly forgave the killer […]
Lancaster County Celebrates “Witness” Anniversary
Hollywood films about exotic societies sometimes impress fans with their good acting and brilliant cinematography, but their accuracy may be questionable. For instance, twenty-five years ago the comedy “The Gods Must Be Crazy” misrepresented the Ju/’hoansi, one of the San peoples of the Kalahari, as having an idyllic life in the desert. While the gentle […]
