Part I. Perspectives on John A. Hostetler. 1. An Amish beginning / John A. Hostetler, with Susan Fisher Miller

2. The redemptive community: an island of sanity and silence / Donald B. Kraybill

3. Plain folk and folk society: John A. Hostetler's legacy of the little community / Simon J. Bronner

4. An uneasy calling: John A. Hostetler and the work of cultural mediation / David L. Weaver-Zercher

Part II. Writings of John A. Hostetler. 5. Letter to Amish bishops concerning shunning (1944)

6. Toward a new interpretation of sectarian life in America (1951)

7. Excerpt from Amish life (1952)

8. God visits the Amish (1954)

9. Why is everybody interested in the Pennsylvania Dutch? (1955)

10. The Amish use of symbols and their function in bounding the community (1964)

11. Persistence and change patterns in Amish society (1964)

12. The Amish way of life is at stake (1966)

13. Old Order Amish child rearing and schooling practices: a summary report (1970)

14. Folk medicine and sympathy healing among the Amish (1976)

15. The Amish and the law: a religious minority and its legal encounters (1984)

16. Marketing the Amish soul (1984)

17. A new look at the Old Order (1987)

18. Toward responsible growth and stewardship of Lancaster County's landscape (1989)

The life of John A. Hostetler: a chronology

The publications of John A. Hostetler: a bibliography.