John A. Hostetler

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John A. Hostetler


Born
in Kishacoquillas Valley, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, The United States
October 29, 1918

Died
August 08, 2001

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Dr. John Andrew Hostetler, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, 1953) was a scholar of Amish and Hutterite societies, a Fulbright scholar, and occasional film consultant and expert witness. He retired from the faculty of Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in 1985, and served the next five years as Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, where his wife Beulah also held a teaching appointment. ...more

Average rating: 3.81 · 499 ratings · 57 reviews · 26 distinct worksSimilar authors
Amish Society

4.03 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 1968 — 21 editions
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The Hutterites in North Ame...

3.13 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1967 — 10 editions
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Amish Life

3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1959 — 25 editions
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Amish Roots: A Treasury of ...

3.78 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
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The Amish

3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1982 — 8 editions
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Hutterite Society

3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1977 — 7 editions
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Amish Children: Education i...

3.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions
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Hutterite Life

3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions
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Mennonite Life

3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1981 — 13 editions
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Children in Amish Society: ...

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3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1971 — 2 editions
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“As the urban world becomes more hazardous, stressful, and complex, there are those who will be attracted to a simpler way of life.”
John A. Hostetler, Amish Society

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