Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies: Volume 4, Issue 1 (Spring 2016)

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Issue DOI: https://doi.org/10.18061/1811/77987

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The Amish Settlement in Honduras, 1968-1978: A (Half) Failed Attempt to Develop an Amish Understanding of Mission
Anderson, Cory; Anderson, Jennifer pp. 1-50
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Hutterite Colonies and the Cultural Landscape: An Inventory of Selected Site Characteristics
Evans, Simon M.; Peller, Peter pp. 51-81
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The Role of the Teacher-Principal on Hutterite Colony Schools in Saskatchewan
Rodger, William pp. 82-97
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The Amish Beard Cutting Case: A Defense Lawyer’s Perspective
Bryan, Edward pp. 98-105
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Book Reviews
Louden, Mark; Savage, Dale; Turner, Kira; Anderson, Jennifer; Pratt, Dorothy pp. 106-120
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The Amish Settlement in Honduras, 1968-1978: A (Half) Failed Attempt to Develop an Amish Understanding of Mission
(Ohio State University. Libraries, 2016) Anderson, Cory; Anderson, Jennifer
For their several-hundred years of successfully maintaining Amish settlements in North America, for what reason would a group of families—largely from Nappanee, IN, and Aylmer, ON—want to start a settlement in Honduras? This account traces the genesis of this Latin American settlement to the mid-century restlessness among Old Order Amish for religious and moral reform. The account especially follows families from Daviess County, IN, who, after failed settlement attempts in Michigan and Ohio, helped found Aylmer, ON, a successful revisionist Amish settlement. From there, Peter Stoll, one of the Aylmer founders, desired to move to Honduras for two reasons: (1) to provide an Old Order-style mission to people in a developing country, and (2) to escape the social and political changes of North America weighing on the Amish church. An Old Order idea of mission like Stoll's is to match the specific, nuanced practices of one's church with specific needs of another people, then move among the people and live out an alternative. Such a model reinforces the church's distinct practices. This contrasts with evangelical mission, which prioritizes saving souls over all else, including cumbersome "cultural" practices. Peter Stoll's clan was joined by estranged families from Nappanee. These eventually pushed for an evangelical outlook on mission and a lowering of Amish church requirements, solidifying among Peter's children a commitment to Old Order ideas—after years of grappling with the instability of reforming it—and a commitment to the Aylmer settlement, to which they returned.
Hutterite Colonies and the Cultural Landscape: An Inventory of Selected Site Characteristics
(Ohio State University. Libraries, 2016) Evans, Simon M.; Peller, Peter
Hutterite colonies are a growing and sustainable element in the cultural landscape of the Canadian Prairies and Northern Great Plains of the United States. Their increasing numbers do something to offset the disappearance of the smallest service centers on the plains. While the diffusion of these communities has been well documented, the morphology of the settlements has been less well studied. New technology makes it possible to remotely evaluate selected characteristics of almost all Hutterite colonies. This paper describes the differences, with respect to orientation, layout and housing types, both between the four clan groups and within the Dariusleut and Schmiedeleut. Here as in many other aspects of Hutterite culture, there are signs of change and increasing diversity.
The Role of the Teacher-Principal on Hutterite Colony Schools in Saskatchewan
(Ohio State University. Libraries, 2016) Rodger, William Randall
Hutterite colony teacher-principals' roles in their classrooms and schools were examined in this qualitative multiple-site case study. Four teacher-principals' perceptions of how their teaching and administrative responsibilities impacted their work/life and how the relationship contributed to tension between the two roles were studied. Pre-interviews, interviews (formal and informal), and classroom participation and observation occurred over four months. Three themes emerged from the study: (1) dealing with and balancing multiple roles on a daily basis; (2) the teachers' beliefs in the primacy of teaching; and (3) the daily impact of school division and provincial relationships. Rising educational expectations on the colonies, the impact of technology, growing school district and provincial accountability, and the diversity of students' needs have commanded an increasing proportion of the teachers' time, without the provision of additional supports. Two policy recommendations are made to the colony schools: (1) recruit teacher-principals who exhibit cultural and relational competence; and (2) integrate teacher-principals into the district / administrative processes to provide the best support for colony schools.
The Amish Beard Cutting Case: A Defense Lawyer's Perspective
(Ohio State University. Libraries, 2016) Bryan, Edward
Book Reviews
(Ohio State University. Libraries, 2016) Louden, Mark; Savage, Dale; Turner, Kira; Anderson, Jennifer; Pratt, Dorothy

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