Full Description
In the late 1960s an Amish community considered state education detrimental to its own values. When the state claimed truancy and took Jonas Yoder to court, a legal battle of landmark proportions followed. This volume is a complete and compelling account of the Yoder case.
Contents
Building a community in New Glarus; Amish schooling and the seeds of conflict in New Glarus; Compulsory schooling and the parameters of state power; The National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom enters the fray; Judicial precedent and Yoder; The trial of Wallace Miller, Jonas Yoder, and Adin Yutzy; Yoder in the Wisconsin Supreme Court; Arguing Yoder in the U.S. Supreme Court; The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Yoder; Assessing the Supreme Court's decision in Wisconsin v. Yoder; The aftermath and legacy of Yoder.