WHERE IN THE WORLD IS—
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a land-locked country in southern Asia, bordered on the east by Pakistan and on the West by Iran. It is the world’s 41st largest country—just slightly smaller than Texas, and has a population of some 31 million.
While it gained its independence from the British in 1919 it suffered a 10 year invasion by the Soviet Union in most of the 1980s. The chaos and corruption following the withdraw of Soviet forces spawned the rise of the Islamic Taliban, who by the year 2000 had captured most of the country.
After the September 11, 2001 attacks here, the US launched a military campaign to destroy the al-Qaida (an international alliance of militant jihadist organizations) terrorist training camps inside the country. The battle with the Taliban continues to this day.
BOOK REPORT—
Growing Up Amish by Richard A. Stevick
This is an excellent review of the Amish teenage years and how those folks preserve their culture by encouraging their youngsters to join the church as adults. It covers such interesting items as Rumspringa; a running around period between adolescence and adulthood, and the Ordung, their book of church rules.
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a land-locked country in southern Asia, bordered on the east by Pakistan and on the West by Iran. It is the world’s 41st largest country—just slightly smaller than Texas, and has a population of some 31 million.
While it gained its independence from the British in 1919 it suffered a 10 year invasion by the Soviet Union in most of the 1980s. The chaos and corruption following the withdraw of Soviet forces spawned the rise of the Islamic Taliban, who by the year 2000 had captured most of the country.
After the September 11, 2001 attacks here, the US launched a military campaign to destroy the al-Qaida (an international alliance of militant jihadist organizations) terrorist training camps inside the country. The battle with the Taliban continues to this day.
BOOK REPORT—
Growing Up Amish by Richard A. Stevick
This is an excellent review of the Amish teenage years and how those folks preserve their culture by encouraging their youngsters to join the church as adults. It covers such interesting items as Rumspringa; a running around period between adolescence and adulthood, and the Ordung, their book of church rules.
Stevick, although a professor of psychology at a small PA college, spares us of writing like one.
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