20 Most Asked Questions About the Amish and Mennonites (People's Place Book, No 1)

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Summary: 20 Most Asked Questions about the Amish and Mennonites
Review: Good book for a beginning interest in the Amish and Mennonites. Does not go into enough depth on any of the covered questions. The bibliography is good and can lead the reader to other more comprehensive books on the subject. Lack of explanation of many words that are uniquely Amish and/or Mennonite is disappointing.

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Summary: Buy it!
Review: This book is the first in the People's Place Booklet series on the Amish and other Old Order Anabaptists. This particular book goes into 20 top questions on the Amish and Mennonites, ranging from "What is the difference between the Amish and the Mennonites?" to "What, in fact, holds them together?" Along the way, the reader is treated to many black-and-white pictures, and a lot of information on the Amish and the Old Order Mennonites.

Now, it must be said that this book focuses primarily on the Amish and Old Order Mennonites, and only occasionally talks about other groups, using them for comparisons rather than as subjects for discussion. But, that said, it is a goldmine of information on the Old Order Anabaptists, telling the reader who they are, where they came from, and what they believe. I found this to be a highly informative book, and highly recommend it to you.

If you are interested in the Amish and other Old Order groups, then I cannot recommend this book to you enough. Buy it!

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Summary: Good but not in-depth
Review: This is a very good book, and a good first book. If you are interested in the Old Order Mennonites and the Amish, this is a good first book to get. It does not cover the "Conservative Mennonite Movement" which includes many Mennonites that would not be classified as "Old Order," but the book is good anyway.