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Audiobooks by David L. Weaver-Zercher
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In this second book, Donald Kraybill, Steven Nolt, and David Weaver-Zercher, authors' of Amish Grace, will shed further light on the Amish, this time on their spirituality and spiritual practices. The Amish Way interprets the distinctive practices of Amish spirituality in their cultural context and explores their applicability for the wider world. Using a holistic perspective, the text tells the story of Amish religious experience in their words and through their cultural lens, and compares it with other streams of spirituality. Written in a lively and engaging style, The Amish Way will appeal to a broad popular audience.
The remarkable response of the Amish Community to the horrific shooting of ten schoolgirls at Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, in October 2006 stunned the larger world. Amish Grace tells the incredible story of this community's reaction to this senseless shooting and explores its profoundly countercultural practice of forgiveness.
Outsiders often hold a stereotypical view of the Amish as a stubbornly backwards people-a view rooted In the picturesque images of buggies, beards, and bonnets. But there is a much more to know about the Amish as a people, as we discovered after the Nickel Mines incident. The community's collective and radical act of forgiveness-the loving and compassionate response to the shooter and his family-gives us insights into who the Amish are and how they live their faith.
Amish Grace explores the many questions the story raises about the religious beliefs that led the Amish to forgive so quickly. In a world where religion spawns so much violence and vengeance, the surprising act of Amish forgiveness begs for deeper consideration.
"a story our polarized country needs to hear: It is still grace that saves."-Bill Moyers
