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Amish and Mennonite Lay Caregivers' Experiences Using the B&W Burdock Leaf Treatment on Burns and Wounds: A Qualitative Study
Hess, Rosanna F. ( 2018 )Amish and Mennonites have a long standing heritage of caring for each other within the community and family setting using natural, herbal medicines and therapies. For several decades, in numerous Anabaptist communities ... -
The Amish Beard Cutting Case: A Defense Lawyer's Perspective
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Amish Church District Fissioning and Watershed Boundaries among Holmes County, Ohio, Amish
Long, Scot E.; Moore, Richard ( 2014 )Upon reaching 40 households, an Amish church district typically divides into two smaller, relatively equally sized districts. This article analyzes the relationship between Amish church divisions and topographic demarcation ... -
Amish Economic Transformations: New Forms of Income and Wealth Distribution in a Traditionally “Flat” Community
Moledina, Amyaz A.; McConnell, David L.; Sugars, Stephanie A.; Connor, Bailey R. ( 2014-04 )The basic contours of the Amish economic transformation over the past few decades have been well documented, including the demographic squeeze that pushed many Amish out of farming, their embrace of cottage industries ... -
Amish Education: A Synthesis
Anderson, Cory ( 2015 )Amish education is one of the most researched subtopics in Amish studies. This article is a meta-analysis of the existing literature about Amish education, finding that most research discusses how the parochial school ... -
The Amish Population: County Estimates and Settlement Patterns
Donnermeyer, Joseph F.; Anderson, Cory; Cooksey, Elizabeth C. ( 2013-04 )This article presents the findings of a county-based estimate of the Amish population. The results are from work commissioned by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies for the recently released 2010 ... -
The Amish Settlement in Honduras, 1968-1978: A (Half) Failed Attempt to Develop an Amish Understanding of Mission
Anderson, Cory; Anderson, Jennifer ( 2016 )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? ... -
Amish Settlements across America: 2013
Donnermeyer, Joseph F.; Luthy, David ( 2013-10 )This short research report is based upon previous editions of “Amish Settlements across North America,” which was published periodically in Family Life. It accounts for new settlements founded since the last edition ... -
Amish Workarounds: Toward a Dynamic, Contextualized View of Technology Use
Ems, Lindsay ( 2014-04 )Interviews with northern Indiana Amish business owners reveal a tendency to create complex technological workarounds that allow them to abide by shared religious values while remaining competitive in the marketplace. ... -
The Amish: A Concise Introduction By Steven Nolt
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The Amish—A People of Preservation and Profitability: A Look at the Amish Industry in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Harasta, Joseph ( 2014-04 )Throughout much of their existence, the Amish remained relatively unknown and/or misunderstood by much of American society other than those who lived in areas with visible Amish communities. However, beginning in the ... -
Anabaptist Community Members' Perceptions and Preferences Related to Healthcare
Garrett-Wright, Dawn; Main, Maria Eve; Jones, M. Susan ( 2016 )The plain Anabaptists are thought to differ from mainstream U.S. health care beliefs and practices. Many non-Anabaptist health care providers have limited knowledge of the specific health beliefs and preferences of ... -
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An Assessment of the Educational Choices of Emerging Adults from a Small Mennonite Denomination and their Later Church and Service Involvement
Ziegler, Daniel A. ( 2015 )This study was designed to provide Rosedale Bible College, a Conservative Mennonite Conference school in Ohio, with critical information to increase its understanding of the educational choices of emerging adults from its ... -
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Between Alpine Identity and Civic Duty: Encounters with Swiss Brethren in Rudolf von Tavel's Historical Novel Der Frondeur (1929)
Jany, Berit ( 2018 )The history of seventeenth-century Swiss Brethren in the State of Bern has been one of growth, persecution, and support from sympathetic neighbors. Their struggles and persistence have inspired a number of authors to produce ... -
Birthing New Kinships: The Cross-Pollinating Potential of Amish Health Research
Jolly, Natalie ( 2017 )In this article, I explore the connections between Amish gender socialization and Amish birth practices to suggest that an Amish construction of femininity shapes the ways that Amish women experience childbirth. This study ... -
Body Image and Life Satisfaction in Amish, Catholic, and Non-Religious Women
Davidson, Denise; Hughes, Kelly S.; Misiunaite, Ieva; Hilvert, Elizabeth; Shuldiner, Alan ( 2018 )Dissatisfaction with one's appearance is commonplace in Western women. Body image dissatisfaction is believed to be a consequence of societal emphases on appearance reinforced through norms and media. However, some Amish ...