Beyond the Plain and Simple Audiobook by Pauline Stevick

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your choice for free. Title: Beyond the Plain and Simple Subtitle:
A Patchwork of Amish Lives Author: Pauline Stevick Narrator: Heidi
Paek Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins Language: English
Release date: 06-03-14 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Religion & Spirituality,
Religious Thought Publisher's Summary: A series of vignettes
describing Amish people and customs Pauline Stevick has visited
more than 50 Amish homes in numerous Amish settlements across the
country. She has attended weddings, viewings, school sessions and
programs, family gatherings, and more than a dozen church services.
She has ridden in Amish carriages and has even slept in Amish
homes. Through her close association with the Amish, she has gained
unique perspective and is able to provide keen insight into a
culture that is misunderstood by many. Beyond the Plain and Simple
reminds listeners that although the Amish dress in almost identical
clothing, they have distinct personalities and convictions. In
vignettes and reflections she reveals the ways in which members of
the Amish community live out their faith against the background of
their communal culture, all the while emphasizing their
individuality. Topics range from Amish family values to women to a
retirement community in Florida to an Amish intellectual. Stevick's
eloquent narration is descriptive rather than expository as she
often draws comparisons between Amish society and mainstream
society, sometimes preferring the Amish ways and at other times
questioning them. Beyond the Plain and Simple portrays the Amish as
dynamic people who experience struggles, failures, and successes
not unique to their community.