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An 8 page overview of the subculture we know as the Amish. The author describes the factors that make this group a subculture to the American mainstream culture. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
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There are numerous subcultures within American society. One of the more interesting of those subcultures is that made up of the people we know as Amish.
The Amish in themselves are a multifaceted group but they are distinct from mainstream American society in a number of ways. The intent of this paper is to
discuss those distinctions and to dispel some of the many misunderstandings that surround Amish culture. The people that we know as
the Amish originated in Europe. They were members of the Mennonite Church which migrated to the United States, primarily to the Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana areas, in the early
1700s. They were the spiritual descendants of the 16th century reformer Menno Simmons (Suarez). In 1697 Jacob Amman set out the major values for the Old Order of
the Amish fold (Ediger). The primary beliefs of the Amish revolve around the Bible, the major tenets of which include adult baptism, separation from the world, simplicity in all
worldly things, and agrarian-based subsistence patterns (Suarez). By tenet, therefore, the Amish become a subculture in American society. Their teachings encourage that they remain distinct and separated from
the mainstream world. Although there is considerable interaction between some Amish individuals and the outside world, there is still a very distinct air of separation in these interactions.
This is hardly a "better than thou" type of separation, however, because the Amish do not judge. They do only as their forefathers did and cultural separation is one
of the basic aspects of their forefathers lives. It is not a matter of the Amish feeling that they are superior to non-Amish, it is just a matter of
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