Book
Dove at the window: a study of an Old Order Amish community in Ohio
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1987 • Pages:
By: Huntington, Abbie Gertrude Enders.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The title 'Dove at the window' refers to a quilt pattern popular among the Old Order Amish. The pattern is made of many small scraps of cloth, but it is the overall configuration of the scraps, rather than the characteristics of the individual pieces, that identifies the 'dove at the window' pattern. 'Dove at the window' is a metaphor for the central purpose of Huntington's study because she is interested in not simply the parts, but the overall pattern of Old Order Amish culture and society. To this end she focuses on the Amish community of central Ohio in general and the church district of Stoneyrun in particular and examines the following dimensions of Old Order life: religious orientation; boundary maintenance; interaction between Old Order church districts and interaction with other Mennonite churches and with other Historic Peace Churches; interaction with the non-Amish world; public education; military service; tensions within the Amish community; and the ceremonial integration of the Old Order Amish community. Huntington defines five elements that constitute the overall pattern of Old Order Amish culture and society: 1) the codification of values into a religious system, which, according to the author, is the single most important determinant of the viability and persistence of the Old Order Amish; 2) a strong local congregation; 3) a time orientation toward the past; 4) a cycle of economic, social, and religious activities interelated with the cycles of nature; and 5) a conscious effort to ignore unimportant deviations. Huntington's study is an extensive, comprehensive work and is a standard reference on the Old Order Amish.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Religious denominations
- Congregations
- General character of religion
- Organized ceremonial
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Priesthood
- Religious offenses
- Adolescent activities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Amish
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid ; 1988: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1951-1956
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1803-1956
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Church District of Stoneyrun (a pseudonymn), Ohio, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Abbie Gertrude Enders Huntington
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 1983
- UM64-11,375
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amish