{"product_id":"tradition-and-transition-hardcover","title":"Tradition and Transition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaton Yoder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis one hundred year story of the Amish church depicts the survival of the believers in the early part of the nineteenth century. Revealing the agony of the Great Schism of 1865 which fractured the Amish church, Yoder reveals the coming maturity of the Old Order Amish and the Amish Mennonites, who merged with the Mennonites early in the twentieth century. This book sheds light on the identity and heritage of faith and lifestyle of today's Amish and many Mennonites, and posits that although they hold in common the basic Christian faith, differences in their patterns of obedience remain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaton Yoder taught American history for forty years at a number of educational institutions, including Westmont College, California; Taylor University, Indiana; Heston College, Kansas; and Malone College, Ohio. Dr. Yoder is a graduate of Goshen College and received his Ph.D. in history from Indiana University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yoder's forebears are Amish Mennonite from the nineteenth century Amish. He has authored such works as Eine Wurzel, Tennessee John Stoltzfus, Amish Church-Related Documents and Family Letters and Taverns and Travelers: Inns of the Early Midwest.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47645704782045,"sku":"9781532666513","price":68.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/Zu93iYHHna9781532666513.webp?v=1773853980","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/tradition-and-transition-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}