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Plain Secrets: An Outsider among the Amish

Book by Joe Mackall; Beacon Press, 2007

Subjects:

Amish--Ohio--Ashland County, Ashland County (Ohio)--Religious Life And Customs

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...As Weaver-Zercher writes, First, the Amish are not a monolithic cultural entity but...diverse group of peo- ple, churches, and communities that embrace the name Amish. Second, these various Amish cultures are not static entities but are...
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Garden Spot: Lancaster County, the Old Order Amish, and the Selling of Rural America

Book by David Walbert; Oxford University Press, 2002

Collections: History, Entire Library

...numbers grew slowly before 1900, Amish communities in the United States have surprisingly...religious affairs help to preserve the Amish community, which is at the heart of all worldly concerns. The Amish conception of the church (and...
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Seeds of the Kingdom: Utopian Communities in the Americas

Book by Anna L. Peterson; Oxford University Press, 2005

Subjects:

Amish Mennonites--United States--History, Catholic Church--El Salvador--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...of over 80 percent for most Amish communities. The Amish have survived many predictions...about the potential of Amish communities to serve as models or sources...is potentially fruitful. Amish community life revolves around the church...
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Land Wars: The Politics of Property and Community

Book by John G. Francis, Leslie Pickering Francis; Lynne Rienner, 2003

Subjects:

Community Power, Community Power--United States, Land Use--Decision Making, Land Use--Government Policy, Land Use--Government Policy--United States, Land Use--United States--Decision Making, Real Estate Development--Decision Making, Real Estate Development--United States--Decision Making, Right Of Property, Right Of Property--United States

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...to preserve. A number of Amish communities have left Pennsylvania to...attention focused on an Amish farming community or an Indian pueblo or a...affinity, and so on. Extended Communities The recognition that contemporary...strengthens the argument that community is not necessarily place...
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Who Cares? Rediscovering Community

Book by David B. Schwartz; Westview Press, 1997

Subjects:

Caregivers, Community, Handicapped--Care

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...one must be keenly attentive to the vitality of local economies. Modern communities are not economic ones in this old sense, as Amish communities are. Modern communities are fragments of such true economy. That is why if one wishes to stimulate...

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Social Class, Amish Culture, and an Egalitarian Ethos: Case Study from a Rural School Serving Amish Children

Journal article by Aimee Howley, Craig Howley, Larry Burgess, Drew Pusateri; Journal of Research in Rural Education (Online), Vol. 23, 2008

Subjects:

Amish culture, Coal mining, Community, Cultural values, Economic structure, Education, Research, Social classes, Social sciences, Social structure, Students

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the implementation of an "Amish" program, restored the purloined...Willemsburg community. If the Amish remain at the Willemsburg...students may one day join their Amish classmates in grades seven...Communitarian Ethos The school community at Willemsburg was unique among the communities we have worked in and studied...
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Valued Amish Possessions: Expanding Material Culture and Consumption

Journal article by Bruce M. Tharp; The Journal of American Culture, Vol. 30, 2007

Subjects:

Amish culture, Business growth, Community, Cultural change, Families & family life, Food products, Gardens & gardening, Religion, Research, Studies

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...blossomed in the three largest Amish communities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and...boundary markers both within the Amish community and between the Amish and nonAmish...the 250-plus North American Amish communities is free from modernitys intrusion...
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Facing Away: Mental Health Treatment with the Old Order Amish

Journal article by James A. Cates; American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 59, 2005

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Amish culture, Behavior, Clients, Health services, Mental health care

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...their term for non-Amish) therapists. Concerns...counseling (or in some communities, lay Amish who serve in a counseling...counselors outside the community may hold agnostic or atheistic views. The Amish also emphasize the "untrained...
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"This Is Reality. Right Now, Right Here. So Be Real" Reality Television and the Amish "other"

Journal article by Jennifer J. Bottinelli; Western Folklore, Vol. 64, 2005

Subjects:

Amish culture, Cantor, Stephen, Criticism, Laikand, Daniel, Reality programming, Social life & customs, Television directors & producers, Television networks, Television programs

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...strict world of their Amish community in order to live...English," a term the Amish community, as well as the...to decide between community and the unknown at...clashes between the communities of the Amish and "English...
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Examining the Merits of Old Order Amish Education

Journal article by Marlow Ediger; Education, Vol. 117, 1997

Subjects:

Amish Country, Pennsylvania--Schools, Amish--Education, Education--Social aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...building built by human hands." Amish believe they are pilgrims on this...purchased fertilizer in selected communities, keeps soil rich and productive...States is farmed by the Old Order Amish. Amish communities, such as Bloomfield...

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Tourism in Amish Communities

Magazine article by Douglas Michele Turco; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 35, September 2000

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Amish culture, Cultural relations, Minority & ethnic groups, Tourist attractions, United States

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Tourism in Amish Communities by Douglas Michele Turco...intrusions of tourists in their communities? A cultural contradiction exists in Amish communities where families...holds a positive image of Amish society, many Amish have...
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The Simplest Life: Why Americans Romanticize the Amish

Magazine article by Sasha Issenberg; Washington Monthly, Vol. 36, October 2004

Subjects:

Amish--Influence, United States--Demographic aspects

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...largest of several Amish communities in the country...the world of the Amish was one where subsistence...and intimate communities--all on the...are aspects of Amish culture which we...their families and communities, and even their...
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To Pasture: "Amish Forgiveness," Silence, and the West Nickel Mines School Shooting

Magazine article by Julia Spicher Kasdorf; Cross Currents, Vol. 57, Fall 2007

Subjects:

Amish--Social aspects, Forgiveness--Evaluation, Gun violence--Casualties, Gun violence--Religious aspects, Roberts, Charles Carl, IV--Behavior, Roberts, Charles Carl, IV--Psychological aspects, Roberts, Charles Carl, IV--Religious aspects, School violence--Casualties, School violence--Prevention, Truck drivers--Behavior, Truck drivers--Psychological aspects, Truck drivers--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...forgiveness expressed by the Amish community in Lancaster County, indicate...days after the shooting, the Amish community issued a public statement for...days after the shootings, the Amish community announced the formation of The...
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Plain Independent: What the Amish Can Teach Other Americans about Reducing Reliance on Government

Magazine article by Hannah Lapp; The American Enterprise, Vol. 8, November 1997

Subjects:

Amish--Social aspects

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...evidence whenever you visit Amish homes and communities. John A. Hostetler, a prominent author on Amish culture, notes that...handicapped, or old, each Amish person seems to have...to contribute to the community. I asked Mary Ann about...
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Piecing Together Amish Quilts: A Collaborative Effort in Teaching

Magazine article by Victoria Weaver, Trisha Coggins, Sara Little; School Arts, Vol. 106, August 2006

Subjects:

Art teachers--Equipment and supplies, Art teachers--Methods, Arts education--Methods, High school students, Instructional materials--Usage, Quilting--Study and teaching, Teaching--Equipment and supplies, Teaching--Usage

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...students are exposed to a variety of Amish cultural experiences because they live near Amish communities in Pennsylvania. Some recognize...cultural concepts that guide the Amish are gemee, the sense of community and spiritual unity, the sentiment...

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Ohio Amish Reach outside Community to Stop Assaults

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October 16, 2011

Subjects:

News agencies, The Associated Press

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Ohio Amish Reach outside Community to Stop Assaults...established his community in 1995. "I dont...Ohios Amish communities are centered in...uncommon for the Amish to take their disputes...members of Amish communities in Ohio who federal...operated by a fellow Amish man asked a judge...
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Story Follows Journalist to Amish Community

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), February 21, 2010

Subjects:

Journalists

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Story Follows Journalist to Amish Community. Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register...into this book about a community of Amish - not Mennonite - people living in...Interstate 5 freeway to Albany to an Amish community there, with the aim of...
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My Life as an Amish; Exclusive

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), October 7, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ONE week ago the tiny Amish community of Nickel Mines lived in peaceful...32, was brought up as an Amish until leaving 10 years ago...differences." The deeply religious Amish devoutly follow Biblical teachings...for her grief." Americas Amish communities lead austere lives. No phones...
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Amish Exempt from Health Care Rules

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 26, 2010

Subjects:

Health care industry, News agencies, The Associated Press

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...University who also is a cultural liaison with Amish communities in northeast Indiana, said the Amish could benefit if medical costs fall as a result of the health care overhaul. Amish families faced with large medical bills pay...
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Dancing Is the Work of Satan. If We Want to Have Fun We Pray; AMISH TEENAGERS FIND ANARCHY IN THE UK

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), July 28, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Back home in their Amish community in the US mid-West, these...the first time these five Amish have flown on a plane, or...me." From a young age, Amish girls stick to a very modest...its kind of creepy." In Amish communities, crime doesnt exist. Jerry...

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Mennonites

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...The terms "House Amish" and "Church Amish" have been used to distinguish the branches. The Amish in the United States are predominantly in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, but Amish communities are found in more than half the states...
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Tay-Sachs Disease

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...also found in French Canadians whose roots are in the St. Lawrence region, certain Cajuns in Louisiana, and some Amish communities. Tay-Sachs is an autosomal recessive disorder; a person must have two defective genes (one from each parent...
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Lancaster , Cities, United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Lancaster is the seat of Franklin and Marshall College and a theological seminary, and it is noted for its large Amish and Mennonite communities. The area was settled by German Mennonites c.1709 and was a starting point for westward-bound pioneers...

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