RELIGION / Christianity / Amish

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group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships

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The Amish, formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss and Alsatian origins. Because they maintain a degree of separation from surrounding populations, and hold their faith in common, the Amish have been described by certain scholars as an ethnoreligious group, combining features of an ethnicity and a Christian denomination. The Amish are closely rel…

Book · DOAB

An intimate portrait of the diverse music-making at the center of Amish faith and life.Singing occurs in nearly every setting of Amish life. It is a sanctioned pleasure that frames all Amish rituals and one that enlivens and sanctifies both routine and special events, from household chores, road trips by buggy, and family prayer to baptisms, youth group gatherings, weddings, and “single girl” sings. But because Amis…

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• Children of the Spirit, Not of the Law: Themes in Anabaptist Theology • Religious Symbols in a Symbol-less Society • Games and Activities of the New Wilmington Amish School Children • The Amish Quilts of Lancaster County 1860 to 1930 • Francis Daniel Pastorius, Public Servant and Private Citizen • Life with Grandfather: Growing Up in a Plain Pennsylvania German Community in the 1920s • A Tear for Jonas Martin: Old…