The Amish culture

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Table of Contents

Introduction1

Discussion1

History of the Amish culture1

Religious practices2

Dress and clothing of Amish community3

Language3

Horticulture as the primary mode of subsistence4

Impact of Horticulture5

Kinship5

Gender relations5

Sickness and healing6

Conclusion6

References7

The Amish culture

Introduction

The Amish people or population is referred to as the Amish Mennonites. They are considered as part of the Christians community which forms a sub group of Mennonite churches. The Amish people have a very simple culture and the amiss people are known for simple living, plain dress. The Amish people also feel reluctant to adopt the advance and modern technologies. The Amish people don't line in isolated villages or communities. They usually live in big cities and in the countryside. The Amish culture is influenced by the Amish religion and its traditions. The Amish culture teaches us that the Amish people must be separated from the world of sin so that they can achieve salvation. The main goal of Amish people is that they want to maintain a separate way of life.

The paper will illustrate the history and origin of Amish culture. It will also emphasize on the dress, religious practices, language and communication in the Amish community. The paper will demonstrate on the primary mode of subsistence of Amish culture and how it will affect kinship, gender relationship and sickness and healing.

Discussion

History of the Amish culture

The Amish people are considered as one of the oldest religious sect and they are a part of the descendants of the Anabaptists of the sixteenth century Europe. The Amish people rejected the infant baptism and they supported the baptism as adults. They also taught the separation of the church and state. Later on the Amish people were named as the Mennonites. They fled to Switzerland and other regions of Europe in order to escape from the religious persecution.

It was during the era of the sixteenth century, that a group of religious people led by Jacob Amman, who left the Swiss Mennonites due to lack of strict enforcement and disobedient of negligent members. They also argued over other matters such as foot washing and inadequate regulation of the costumes. After that this group became popular as the Amish group and even today they follow the same beliefs as of the Mennonites group (Adams & Leverland, 1986)

In America the Amish people arrived in the year 1730 and they settled in various regions of the nation. The Amish people are scattered in more than twenty states of America, where most of them are situated in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Religious practices

The two most important aspects of the Amish religion and their practices are hochmut which mean pride and demut, which means humility. The Amish people do not have church buildings for their prayers, but they hold worship in their individual homes. Therefore, there are also called as Amish homes. This practice followed by the Amish people is stated in the New Testament which is given below (Robertson, 1965)

"The God, who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does ...