Amish Life: to Feel Isolated and Separated in a Society
The Life of the Amish
Jessie Duquette
ANT101: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Jennifer Cramer
January 26, 2013
The Life of the Amish
The Amish are members of an Anabaptist Christian denomination. Amish are also sometimes known as Amish Mennonites, they are known for their separation from society, for living in isolated Amish communities, for the rejection of most modern technology and for the way they dress. In the United States, Amish communities are mostly found in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. There are several denominations that are developed out of the Radical Reformation in the 16th century Europe, Amish are one of them. Therefore the Anabaptists are the radical reformers came to be called, different from the mainstream Protestants in their rejection of all church authority. They believe that only adults can be baptized not infants, we do this the opposite way than the Amish do. They believe that infants cannot make the decision on what they would like to believe in as they would when they are adults. In 1693, the Amish emerged from the schism and among the Swiss Mennonites. Jakob Amman was the leader, his followers applied the Mennonite practice of shunning and were very strict about it, also condemned other Mennonites for not doing so. The Amish communities went high in Switzerland, Alsace, Germany, Russia and Holland. As of today there are no Amish remaining in Europe. In the 19th and 20th century many of the Amish moved away to North America and the ones that stayed slowly adapted with the Mennonite groups. Although in the 18th century that is when the first Amish actually moved to North America, after the years went by that is when the rest went. They first settled in eastern Pennsylvania, where still today a large group of Amish still remains there. There was a split between the traditional Old Order Amish and the New Order Amish in 1850. The New Order Amish accept the changes in social and technology innovation, still they so continue
Jessie Duquette
ANT101: Intro to Cultural Anthropology
Jennifer Cramer
January 26, 2013
The Life of the Amish
The Amish are members of an Anabaptist Christian denomination. Amish are also sometimes known as Amish Mennonites, they are known for their separation from society, for living in isolated Amish communities, for the rejection of most modern technology and for the way they dress. In the United States, Amish communities are mostly found in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. There are several denominations that are developed out of the Radical Reformation in the 16th century Europe, Amish are one of them. Therefore the Anabaptists are the radical reformers came to be called, different from the mainstream Protestants in their rejection of all church authority. They believe that only adults can be baptized not infants, we do this the opposite way than the Amish do. They believe that infants cannot make the decision on what they would like to believe in as they would when they are adults. In 1693, the Amish emerged from the schism and among the Swiss Mennonites. Jakob Amman was the leader, his followers applied the Mennonite practice of shunning and were very strict about it, also condemned other Mennonites for not doing so. The Amish communities went high in Switzerland, Alsace, Germany, Russia and Holland. As of today there are no Amish remaining in Europe. In the 19th and 20th century many of the Amish moved away to North America and the ones that stayed slowly adapted with the Mennonite groups. Although in the 18th century that is when the first Amish actually moved to North America, after the years went by that is when the rest went. They first settled in eastern Pennsylvania, where still today a large group of Amish still remains there. There was a split between the traditional Old Order Amish and the New Order Amish in 1850. The New Order Amish accept the changes in social and technology innovation, still they so continue
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