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Authors: Donald B. Kraybill,Steven M. Nolt,David L. Weaver-Zercher

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Mary Liz
 
Matthew (Gospel): forgiveness stories in; as key source for Amish forgiveness; Lord’s Prayer located in; as source on divine providence.
See also
Sermon on the Mount
 
Media coverage: of Amish forgiveness; Amish reactions to; non-Amish resentment of; on-site, on day of shooting; at schoolhouse demolition.
See also
Journalists; Publicity
 
Members Meetings
 
Memoir-writing
 
Memorial poems
 
Men: clothing of; nonresistance and; roles of
 
Mennonites:
versus
Amish; history of; as
Martyrs Mirror
compilers
 
Mental health services, for Amish in aftermath
 
Meyers, T. J.
 
Military service, nonparticipation in
 
Miller, J. (Jeffrey)
 
Miller, J. (Joe)
 
Mine Road
 
Minister Amos
 
Ministers.
See
Leaders, ordained
 
Minow, M.
 
Miracles
 
Missionary work
 
Moms in Touch prayer group
 
Monroe County, Wisconsin, attack incident in
 
Moral order
 
Mount Hope, Ohio
 
Mourning rituals.
See also
Funerals; Grieving
 
Movies
 
“Multiply,”
 
Murphy, J. G.
 
Mutual aid, Amish: biblical origins of; and communal responsibility for forgiveness; outside employment and; and rejection of outside aid; in shooting aftermath; tragedy preparedness and
 
N
 
Nappance, Indiana, violent robberies in
 
Narcissism
 
National Catholic Reporter
 
Nazi concentration camp
 
NBC Nightly News
 
NBC’s
Today Show
 
New Hope School
 
New Testament: forgiveness in; precedence of, in Amish spirituality; shunning in.
See also
Bible;
specific book headings
 
Nickel Mines Accountability Committee
 
Nickel Mines Children’s Fund
 
Nickel Mines community: autumnal events in; districts of; forgiveness at, analysis of; on-site observations of; update on, as of 2009, .
See also
Lancaster Amish settlement
 
Nickel Mines school.
See
West Nickel Mines School
 
911 calls, on day of shooting
 
No Future Without Forgiveness
(Tutu)
 
Nolt, S. M.
 
Nonresistance; of Amish martyrs; stories and songs about.
See also Gelassenheit;
Self-defense
 
North, J.
 
Northeast Georgetown district
 
O
 
Obedience: sources of; transgression and.
See also Gelassenheit; Ordnung
 
Observer
 
Occupations, Amish
 
Odone.
 
Offender, benefits of forgiveness to
 
Ohio, Amish settlements in
 
Old Order Amish: habits of; history of; spirituality of.
See also Amish headings
 
Old Order Amish press
 
Old Testament: forgiveness stories in; lesser priority of, Amish theology; moral prohibitions in
 
Ontario, Canada
 
Ordnung:
regulations of; submission to; updating and disagreements over; violation of.
See also
Transgression of
Ordnung
 
Organic farming
 
Orlando Sentinal
 
Our Heritage
 
Outhouses
 
Outsiders.
See
American mainstream society; English, the (non-Amish)
 
P
 
Pacifism, Amish.
See also
Nonresistance
 
Pardon: conditions for; excommunication and; of ex-members; forgiveness
versus
; Members Meetings and; of outsiders, as state’s responsibility
 
Pathway Readers
 
Paul (Apostle)
 
Pennsylvania, Amish settlements in
 
Pennsylvania State Police.
See
State troopers
 
Pentecostals
 
Peter (Apostle)
 
“Peter Miller’s Revenge,”
 
Peters.
 
Philadelphia Inquirer
 
Philippians 4:8
 
Phone shanties
 
Photographs, posing for
 
Picayune, Mississippi
 
Plain Diversity
(Nolt and Meyers)
 
Poems, memorial
 
Political debates, use of Amish example in
 
Political involvement, of Amish
 
Pope, A.
 
Population: of Bart Township; of Lancaster Amish settlement; of North American Amish
 
Power of Forgiveness, The
(Doblmeier)
 
Prager.
 
Prayer.
See also
Lord’s Prayer
 
Prayer Book for Earnest Christians
 
Pride, publicity and.
See also
Humility
 
Protestant church: Anabaptist condemnation by; excommunication in; forgiveness and salvation doctrine in
 
Protestant Reformation: Amish martyrs during; Anabaptist emergence during
 
Providence.
See
God’s providence
 
Psalm
 
Psychology of forgiveness; and anger; and healing
 
Public schools.
See also
Amish schools
 
Public speaking: about Amish forgiveness and faith; aversion to
 
Publicity: Amish aversion to; Amish reactions to expectations and.
See also
Journalists; Media coverage
 
Punishment, divine
versus
earthly
 
Purification rituals
 
Putting Off Anger
 
Q
 
Questioning, giving up
 
Quilt, comfort
 
R
 
Rambo.
 
Reality, critique that the Amish ignored
 
Reconciliation: in communion season; forgiveness
versus
; update on, as of 2009
 
Redemption
 
Religious education: on
Gelassenheit
and forgiveness; informal imparting of; Lord’s Prayer in
 
Religious leaders.
See
Leaders, ordained
 
Remembering
 
Remorse: as condition for forgiveness; as condition for pardon
 
Repentance: as condition for forgiveness; pardoning and
 
Republican congressional leadership, critique of
 
Resentment.
See also
Grudges, letting go of
 
Reunions
 
Revenge: Amish rejection of;
versus
consequences; in mainstream culture
 
Rhoads, R.
 
Riddle of Amish Culture, The
(Kraybill)
 
Rituals: of communion season; for death and mourning; footwashing; greeting.
See also
Worship services
 
Roberts, A. (widow)
 
Roberts. C.; Amish anger toward; Amish compassion for; on day of shooting; funeral and burial of; home of; milk truck job of; motivations of; personality of; preparations of, for shooting; Robert’s mother on; spokesperson for; suicide of; suicide notes of
 
Roberts, T. (mother): acts of grace of, to victims and families; interview with, in 2010,
 
Roberts family; Amish acts of grace to; Amish forgiveness of; gratitude of, for Amish forgiveness; meetings of, with bereaved families; ongoing interactions of, with bereaved families; schoolhouse visit of
 
Roberts Family Fund
 
Rolling Stone
 
Roman Catholic Church: and absolution; and Amish persecution; discipleship and; excommunication in
 
Romans:
 
Rose, N.
 
Rumspringa
 
S
 
Sacramento Bee
 
St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre
 
Salvation: Amish understanding of forgiveness and; final judgment and; shunning and
 
Sandage, S. J.
 
Saturated Self, The
(Gergen)
 
School boards
 
School shootings
 
Schools. See Amish schools
 
Schwartz family
 
Scripps News
 
Secularism
 
Security, in Amish schools
 
Self-centeredness, as moral transgression
 
Self-defense, rejection of; biblical sources for; Gelassenheit and; in martyr stories. See also Gelassenheit; Nonresistance
 
Self-denial: dangers of; Gelassenheit and; happiness and; sources of; teaching, to children; Uffgevva and
 
Self-renunciation
 
Self-respect
 
September 11, 2001: comparisons with; forgiveness and
 
Sermon on the Mount: on anger; Lord’s Prayer located in; as source for Amish forgiveness. See also Matthew
 
Sermons: martyr stories in; typical delivery of
 
Servant, parable of the unforgiving: forgiveness-salvation linkage in; as source for Amish forgiveness
 
Settlements. See also Lancaster Amish settlement
 
Seventy-times-seven forgiveness parable: in martyr story; as source for forgiveness
 
Sexual abuse. See Domestic abuse
 
Seymour Missouri, hit-and-run incident in
 
Shachnow, S.
 
Shaming
 
Shiraev, E.
 
Shooter, the. See Roberts. C.
 
Shooting aftermath; Amish forgiveness in; demolition of West Nickel Amish School in; funerals in; gun control debate in; one week after; resumption of school in; several weeks after; status, as of 2009, ; support provided in

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