We discuss about the characteristic features of the Amish community in this document. The Amish are a religious and close-knit community which lives in the USA, a country that is riding high in terms of technology. The most astonishing aspect about them is that they choose to live on the fringes of the American society. America can be a devout country, but it is home to a peculiar community. There are about a two hundred thousand Amish people living in the United States, especially in states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Ontario in Canada. They are generally rural farmers who live in a bygone area. They are faced with an extraordinary clash of the ancient and modern principles. But the core of the problem lies in the fact that they are supposed to be a community that would never set foot in automobiles and would never accept changes in their lifestyle. It is indeed surprising that there is a community which is rejecting technological advances and hopes for prosperity in the modern world. There is something more to the retro image of horse-drawn buggies and straw hats, which we will analyze in this document.
[...] The relations with the English are at first side quite simple Immediately, they wanted to separate themselves from mainstream society, in order to avoid temptations and sins, as I can quote “Come out from among them and ye are separate, saith The Lord” (II Corinthians). Nowadays, they recognize the State but live beside it. They do not mess with the foreign world. Nevertheless, they see the necessity of the government, there is almost no form of rebellion. However, they give limitations to the authority of State. We can sum up their philosophy with this key idea: they want to keep a distance with the outside world. [...]
[...] The Amish live their own American dream. Informative Bibliography - George M. Kreps, Quiet Moment in Time: A Contemporary View of Amish Society, Carlisle Pr. - John A. Hostetler, Amish Society, Johns Hopkins University Press - Diane Zimmerman Umble & David L. Weaver-Zercher present The Amish and the Media, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. [...]
[...] The Amish philosophy places the community before the individual. They do not have a hierarchical governing structure. The community is composed of an average of forty families, so as to say three hundred and fifty persons. This is completed by Church and the school. - The welfare state for the Amish is the support network provided by the extended family (the average Amish has eighty 80 cousins). Donald Kraybill (an expert on the Amish) said “in many ways, they are better prepared than most Americans to deal with tragedies”. [...]
[...] It is called Shunning. Some habits that show controversies Here I can list some of their habits. - They reject involvement with the military or warfare - They avoid insurance; they do not accept any form of social assistance from the government - Farm work is still done by hand But we can notice some customs quite controversial compared to their vow of remaining outside the world. - They read newspaper such as Time, in parallel with Amish reviews “Die Botschaft” or “Family life” - they use banks. [...]
[...] The Amish Who are the Amish? They are supposed to be a community that would never set food in automobiles; they would never accept changes in their lifestyle. First, we will have to go through numerous assumptions about them. They are a religious community which lives in the USA, a country at the peak of technology. Why did they choose to live on the fringes of the American society? America can be a devout country, but here, we deal with a peculiar community. [...]
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