James Cates

James A. Cates
Occupation	Associate professor
Academic work
Discipline	Psychology
Institutions	Indiana University
Website	https://cateswrite.com

James A. Cates (born 1956) is an American psychologist and author. He is a professor at Indiana University. ^[1]

Books

• Serving the Amish: A Cultural Guide for Professionals (2014, Johns Hopkins University Press) ^{[2] [3]}
• Love, Life, & Laughter: The Amish in Essays and Stories (2017, Cates & Associates)
• Serpent in the Garden: Amish Sexuality in a Changing World (2020, Johns Hopkins University Press) ^{[4] [5]}
• If This Is Heaven, Show Me Hell: Devotions for The Rebellious Christian (2021, Covenant Books)
• Offenders and the Sexual Abuse of Children: Interventions and Limitations (2024, Routledge) ^[6]
• Dancing on the Devil's Playground: The Amish Negotiate with Modernity (2024, Johns Hopkins University Press) ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. "James A. Cates | Hopkins Press". press.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
2. Leibiger, Carol A. Serving the Amish: A Cultural Guide for Professionals, by James A. Cates. Yearbook of German-American Studies, vol. 55, 2020, pp. 216-218.
3. Heru, Alison M. (2015-06-01). "Serving the Amish: A Cultural Guide for Professionals" . American Journal of Psychiatry. 172 (6): 590–591. doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.14121522. ISSN   0002-953X.
4. Yarhouse, Mark A (2021). "Review of: Cates, James. 2020. Serpent in the Garden: Amish Sexuality in a Changing World". Journal of Amish & Plain Anabaptist Studies: 102–104. doi: 10.62192/japas.v09i1n08 . ISSN   2471-6383.
5. Cooksey, Elizabeth C. (2024-03-25). "Serpent in the Garden: Amish Sexuality in a Changing World". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 91 (1): 76–78. doi: 10.5325/pennhistory.91.1.0076 . ISSN   0031-4528.
6. Slater, Carleigh Bristol (2025). "Book Review: Offenders and the Sexual Abuse of Children: Interventions and Limitations". Child Abuse Review. 34 (2) e70028. doi:10.1002/car.70028. ISSN   0952-9136.
7. Colyer, Corey (2025-07-15). "Book Review: James Cates, Dancing on the Devil's Playground: The Amish Negotiate with Modernity". The Journal of Plain Anabaptist Communities. 5 (2): 112–114. doi: 10.18061/jpac.v5i2.10623 . ISSN   2689-7458.
8. Dandelion, Pink (2025-05-04). "Dancing on the Devil's Playground: The Amish Negotiate with Modernity: by James A. Cates, Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024, Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, ix + 144 pp., US$39.95 (pb), ISBN 978–1–4214–4934–0 (pb), ISBN 978–1–4214–4935–7 (eb)" . Journal of Contemporary Religion. 40 (2): 352–353. doi:10.1080/13537903.2025.2473212. ISSN   1353-7903.