AMISH GRACE How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy

Hardback. The remarkable response of the Amish community to the horrific shooting of 10 schoolgirls at Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, in October 2006 stunned the larger world. The authors tell the incredible story of this community's reaction to this senseless shooting and explores its profoundly countercultural practice of forgiveness. Outsiders often hold a stereotypical view of the Amish as a stubbornly backwards people - a view rooted in the picturesque images of buggies, beards, and bonnets. But there is much more to know about the Amish as a people, as we discovered after the Nickel Mines incident. The community's collective and radical act of forgiveness - the loving and compassionate response to the shooter and his family - provides an insight into who the Amish are and how they live their faith. The book explores the many questions the story raises about the religious belief that led the Amish to forgive so quickly. In a world where religion spawns so much violence and vengeance, the surprising act of Amish forgiveness begs for deeper consideration. 236pp. 8vo. h/back. With Afterword, Appendix, Endnotes, Resources for Further Reading + Index. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in F. dw.