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I denna lilla essä beskriver jag ett alternativt sätt att se på religionsundervisning i skolan. Ett sätt som är mer baserat på gemenskaper och en postiv religionsfrihet.
The Amish people originated from the Anabaptists during the protestant reformation. They are a unique Christian religion that, in my opinion remains nearly the same as it was historically. I not only plan on explaining to you, the... more
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This book addresses the relationship between religion and knowledge from a sociological perspective, taking both religion and knowledge as phenomena located within ever changing social contexts. It builds on historical foundations, but... more
PDF-PowerPoint presentation of the talk I gave on Tuesday, 9th July 2019 at the IVR 2019, Dignity · Democracy · Diversity, 29th World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law & Social Philosophy, University of... more
Revivals of the 1950s and 60s spawned a movement of spiritual and practical change within the Amish community of Lancaster County, PA. Out of those changes came an unusual Amish gang called the Goodies. They were thus named because of... more
INTRODUCTION: The Amish are a rapidly growing, North American Christian denomination that descends from the 16th-century Anabaptist movement in Germanic Europe. Because of their conspicuous socioreligious practices, the Amish have been of... more
This article deals with the Mennonite and Amish beliefs in miracles, faith healing, and magical practices from the early modern period to the present day.
This the second edition of a book that contains a indexed descendancy of Ludwig Riehl and Veronica Fisher down to their fourth great-grandchildren, with separate chapters for each of their four children who had progeny. It also contains a... more
From the 1950s to 1970s, numerous Amish-Mennonites pulled up roots and migrated to distant locations where they attempted to re-establish familiar patterns of life as a “colony.” Though motivations varied, many regarded the moves as a... more
This dissertation has been 64-11,37 5 microfilmed exactly as received HUNTINGTON, Abbie Gertrude Enders Huntington, 1926-DOVE AT THE WINDOW: A STUDY O F AN OLD O R D E R AMISH COM M UNITY IN OHIO [with] APPENDIXE S. Yale University , P h... more
“Amish Mennonite” is a movement properly understood as a stream of Amish that parallels, but is independent of, the Old Order Amish. One main group within the movement, the Beachy Amish Mennonites, arose in the 1920s as Amish with... more
The listed leaders had a grasp of pacifism or nonviolence as a distinguishing mark of Christianity and of the restoration movement begun by A. Campbell (see below). Earlier but independent beginnings in Europe and Palestine are noted... more
This short piece describes the special risks for child maltreatment faced by Amish children in the context of Amish history, values and lifestyle. Readers will also find suggestions for working with Amish families and communities to... more
The timing of baptism soon after believing the message about Jesus of Nazareth, may have been because in early Christian thought, baptism is how: 1) one enters into Christ and his death and 2) receives the forgiveness of sins, new life,... more
Amerika Serikat dikenal sebagai hegemon yang tentu banyak menciptakan standar bagi dunia contohnya “modernitas” dan jika bicara teknologi bahkan hampir semua penduduknya „melek teknologi‟. Namun, tidak terlalu banyak masyarakat dunia yang... more
a surprising discovery
In the Old Testament, God empowered and commanded the punishment of sinful peoples, sometimes by genocide. In the New Testament, God has loved us by sacrificing Himself rather than destroy us. This is good news and the heart of it.
Wisconsin v. Yoder is a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Amish children could not be compelled by the state to attend school past eighth grade, as this would violate their parents’ Free Exercise rights. This Note... more
A conference paper presented at "Continuity and Change: 50 Years of Amish Society" at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Study, Elizabethtown College, June 9-11, 2016.
Do America’s plain Anabaptists take vacations? At first glance, it seems unlikely that an austere Christian sect would endorse spending large amounts of money on short excursions of pure leisure. Indeed, in a 1930s household expenditures... more
In the Old Testament, God empowered and commanded the punishment of sinful peoples, sometimes even by the genocide of peoples and the destruction of their cultures. In the New Testament, God has loved us by sacrificing Himself rather than... more
U radu se analizira čin opraštanja i pomirenja, a kao ilustracija koriste se događaji i primeri iz filma "Praštanje Amiša" (Amish Grace, 2010). Film je baziran na istinitom događaju koji se odigrao u oktobru 2006. godine, kada je tokom... more
INTRODUCTION: When the Beachy Amish-Mennonites withdrew from the Old Order Amish, they not only loosened restrictions on dress and technology usage, but adopted evangelical Christian theology, that is, a preoccupation with the sudden,... more
Revivals of the 1950s and 60s spawned a movement of spiritual and practical change within the Amish community of Lancaster County, PA. Out of those changes came an unusual Amish gang called the Goodies. They were thus named because of... more
L'articolo studia la storia elettorale degli Amish, contestualizzandola all'interno del blocco religioso della "destra religiosa".
a new paradigm
As the Amish population is growing, researcher and practitioner interest in the Amish health culture is also growing. This is largely due to demand from practitioners for population-specific cultural guidance. Once a small area of study,... more
For all the liberties granted Westerners, a small stream of seekers is looking into the seemingly austere plain Anabaptist sects (Amish, Mennonites, etc.). What are they seeking? Using theories of modernity, secularization, and gender as... more
This is a German-to-English translation of four important decisions made by Amish church leaders. The first, in 1865, was the charter agreement that launched the Old Order movement among the Amish, as the progressive Amish-Mennonites who... more
This Article argues that a key-but-overlooked factor in the Vietnam-era breakdown of the draft system was the Supreme Court's expansion of the religious conscientious objector ("CO") exemption. It asserts that the Court understood that... more
This is a study uncovering the common roots of the American Amish and the Hungarian Habán communities.
For decades, the Swartzentruber sect of Amish have, for religious reasons, rejected state-level mandates for horse-drawn buggies to display the S.M.V. (slow-moving vehicle) emblem. Court cases in several states have suggested: (1)... more
As an ethnic religion, the Amish are of interest to population health researchers due to a distinctive health profile arising from ethnic attributes, including a closed genetic pool and shared culture that shapes lifestyle practices.... more
statement and list of related values