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This 12 page paper compares and contrasts the Amish and Quaker religions. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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religions that are relatively indistinct. This is untrue: the two are completely separate. They come from different roots, they have different beliefs and they practice their religion beliefs differently and
have different ways of interacting with those who are not members of their faith. This paper compares and contrasts the two groups. Discussion Similarities: Its obvious that the Quakers and
the Amish are similar in one basic way: they are not considered "mainstream" religions; that is, if asked to name three religious sects, people would probably think of Catholics, Protestants
and Jews long before considering Quakers, Mennonites, the Amish or other, smaller groups. They are also associated strongly with a geographical region, the eastern United States. But other than these
two very broad generalizations, the two groups are much more dissimilar than alike. We begin with the Quakers. The Quakers: The Society of Friends (Quakers) is interesting: they formed as
"a culmination to and reaction against the Protestant Reformation" (Barbour & Frost, 1988, p. 4). That seems like a contradiction in terms, but it makes sense; they are both the
logical conclusion of the Reformation and a reaction against its more formal dictates. After all, it was Luthers goal to reform the Catholic Church, not destroy it, so he didnt
suggest that rituals and formal worship be done away with, but modified. Seventeenth century Quakers came to believe in many of the doctrines espoused by Luther and the Calvinists: "that
humans are justified by Gods grace, not human merit; that all believers share a mutual priesthood; and that Gods word both in the Scriptures and by the Spirit in human
hearts demands primacy over human ideas and desires" (Barbour & Frost, 1988, p. 4). The Quaker faith also took some of its tenets from the English Baptists as well as
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