Synopses & Reviews
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-339) and index.
Synopsis
In this new edition of The Amish and the State Donald Kraybill brings together legal scholars and social scientists to explore the unique series of conflicts between a traditional religious minority and the modern state. In the process, the authors trace the preservation--and the erosion--of religious liberty in American life. Kraybill begins with an overview of the Amish in North America and describes the -negotiation model- used throughout the book to interpret a variety of legal conflicts. Subsequent chapters deal with specific aspects of religious freedom over which the Amish and the state have clashed. Focusing on the period from 1925 to 2001 in the United States, the authors examine conflicts over military service and conscription, Social Security and taxes, education, health care, land use and zoning, regulation of slow-moving vehicles, and other first amendment issues. New concluding chapters, by constitutional expert William Ball, who defended the Amish before the Supreme Court in 1972 in the landmark Wisconsin v. Yoder case, and law professor Garret Epps, assess the Amish contribution to preserving religious liberty in the United States.
Table of Contents
Foreword /Martin E. Marty --Negotiating with Caesar /Donald B. Kraybill --Amish view of the state /Paton Yoder --Military service and conscription /Albert N. Keim --National Amish Steering Committee /Marc A. Olshan --Education and schooling /Thomas J. Meyers --National committee for Amish religious freedom /William C. Lindholm --Social security and taxes /Peter J. Ferrara --Slow-moving vehicles /Lee J. Zook --Health care /Gertrude Enders Huntington --Land use /Elizabeth Place --Role of outsiders /Robert L. Kidder --Encounters with the state, 1990-2002 /Herman D. Bontrager --First Amendment issues /William B. Ball --Amish and the American oyster /Garrett Epps --Appendix:Significant legal cases /Elizabeth Place