Author: Donald B. Kraybill

Donald B. Kraybill is a sociologist recognized for research on Amish communities and other Anabaptist groups. His Elizabethtown College profile records a career that included directing the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, serving as a college provost, and publishing widely on religion and community life. The Upside-Down Kingdom approaches Christian discipleship through the social reversals in Jesus's teaching, and MennoMedia notes that the book first appeared in 1978 and received the National Religious Book Award. Kraybill's wider bibliography includes The Riddle of Amish Culture, Amish Grace, The Amish, and What the Amish Teach Us. Across these works, his writing joins sociological observation with attention to belief, institutions, family, and change within living communities.