Ethnography of the Amish Jason Fawks Mentor: Dr. Charles Jarvis Module 3A Ethnographic Paper July 2012 Introduction With the modernization of a large part of the world during the 20th century‚ almost all people‚ except for third world countries‚ have moved from an agrarian society to an industrialized one. There is one group of people‚ known as the Amish‚ who for religious and faith
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The Amish Culture The Amish are a fascinating people. They live surrounded by cities full of technology. Yet they live without automobiles‚ electricity‚ and most modern comforts that are taken for granted by many. Donald Kraybill asks the question “How is it that a tradition-laden people who spurn electricity‚ computers‚ automobiles‚ and higher education are not merely surviving but are‚ in fact‚ thriving in the midst of modern life?” Though they do not have all of the technology that we
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The old order Amish are an Anabaptist culture. This means the Amish believed in adult baptism instead of infant baptism like many other religions. According to Greska‚ there was a book found in many Amish homes describing how hundreds of Amish were brutally executed for their religious beliefs. Around 1693 the Amish separated themselves from the Mennonites because the Mennonites believed in shunning excommunicated members of the church. After the separation‚ the Amish traveled throughout many German
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The Amish and their ways Sierra Major ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Instructor: Michel Waller January 14‚2013 There are many cultures around and have different view as we do. People are all different and no one is alike. We all perform different beliefs and ideas. One of these cultures are the Amish. They live a different way of life than what we do or as myself. The Amish way of life has many interesting concepts
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Crime and Justice through eyes of the Amish 200 miles away from New York lays another world – one that is frozen in time. Home for a people whose lives have barely changed since their forefathers settled there over 300 years ago. Since then the Amish community has spread across 28 states and has more than one hundred an eighty thousand members. Worlds apart from mainstream culture‚ the Amish is oppose to many aspects of modern world‚ e.g. use of modern technology such as computers or cars. Even
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The Ways of the Amish The Amish people’s primary mode of substance is emerging agriculture or better known as farming. All of their food is mainly grown‚ raised‚ and prepared by the hands of the Amish. Kinship is the backbone of their society. They believe in helping each other out and are very strong in their family ties. Religion is also very important to them and they hold strong values. “The Amish obtain health care from biomedical practitioners‚ from a variety of complementary and alternative
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The Amish‚ without their electricity‚ cars‚ and television appear to be a static culture‚ never changing. This is just an illusion. The Amish are a self-motivated culture which is‚ through market forces and other means‚ continually interacting with the enormously tempting culture of America. The Amish have not only survived as a gemeinschaft type of society‚ but has grown and flourished while surrounded by a culture that would seem to be so detrimental to its basic ideals. The Amish‚ through population
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Amish Technology In order to understand the Amish view of modern technology‚ one must first understand their religious beliefs and values. The most important factor to the Amish life is submission to the will of God. According to their interpretation of scriptures Romans 12:2 and 2 Corinthians 6:14 in the Bible‚ which basically states‚ “Do not copy the behavior and customs of this world. . .” and “Do not team up with those who are unbelievers. . .”; remaining quite separate from the rest of the
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The Amish are a religious community with unique beliefs. The Amish religion is a sect of Christianity. More specifically‚ they are an Anabaptist group‚ which is a division in Protestantism. There are about 308 000 people who are Amish; the majority of which live in North America. Origins The origin of the Amish faith begins during the time of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. The Amish religion is said to have come from the Anabaptists. The Anabaptists were known to re-baptize adults who had
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The Amish aren’t a modern day 18th century time capsule‚ but a society that experiences change through time. This religion based on culture is the tool of the isolation from mainstream society. They keep a simple‚ non-technological life creating a mainstream society believing in peace‚ cooperation and pride. Their lives mean comprises have to be made to follow their ordnung‚ sacrifices such as Electricity and telephones‚ Amish travel in horse drawn buggies and refuse to own a car‚ education is finished
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