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Forgiveness: A Legacy of the West Nickel Mines Amish School
by John L Ruth
£7.50
This meditation on the horrific events of October 2, 2006, reflects on the response of the Amish community of Nickel Mines in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where a gunman killed himself, five school children, and wounded five others. The tragedy evoked worldwide expressions of shock and sympathy. But the world was stunned when the Amish community, in the midst of its grieving, offered words of forgiveness toward the dead killer and his family. While many wondered where God was in the little country school house, the Amish recognized a biblical calling to minister to the killer's family and extend Christ's healing. John L Ruth considers that the extraordinary Christian forgiveness shown by the victims remains the legacy of that heart-breaking day.
ISBN: 9780836193732 (2007)
152pp
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Due October
Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
by Donald B Kraybill, Steven M Nolt et al
£13.99
‘Amish Grace’ explores the many questions the story the Amish response to Nickel Mines shootings raises about the religious beliefs and habits that led the community to forgive so quickly. It looks at the ties between forgiveness and membership in a cloistered communal society and ask if Amish practices parallel or diverge from other religious and secular notions of forgiveness. It will also address the matter of why forgiveness became news. "All the religions teach it," mused an observer, "but no one does it like the Amish." Regardless of the cultural seedbed that nourished this story, the surprising act of Amish forgiveness begs for a deeper exploration. How could the Amish do this? What did this act mean to them? And how might their witness prove useful to the rest of us?
Due October 2007
ISBN: 9780787997618 (2007)
340pp
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