Amish Grace

How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy

BY DONALD KRAYBILL, STEVEN NOLT, DAVID WEAVER-ZERCHER

Brief Description:
On Monday morning, October 2, 2006, a gunman entered a one-room Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.He tied up and shot ten girls killing five and leaving the others critically wounded. He then shot himself as police stormed the building. His motivation? "I'm angry at God for taking my little daughter," he told the children before the massacre. The blood was barely dry on the schoolhouse floor when Amish parents brought words of forgiveness to the family of the one who had slain their children. This book explores the many questions this story raises about the religious beliefs and habits that led the Amish to forgive so quickly.

Jossey-Bass 2007 256 PP. Cloth

$24.95 (low stock)