Amish Culture

The Culture of the Amish

Sherry White

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

Instructor Sabina Trumble

February 10, 2013

The Amish Culture originated with a group of Christians that are commonly known as the Anabaptists because they re-baptized adult believers who had been baptized as infants. There faith is a Christian religion that traces its origins back to Swiss Anabaptists. This essay will take an in-depth look at the beliefs and values, sickness and healing, and the social organization of the Amish Culture. In addition, it will analyze and explain the impact that these primary modes of subsistence of the Amish culture the primary mode of substance is emerging agriculture and their beliefs in god.

They are not concerned about the outside world as they are about the preservation of their own, but they will accept outsider provided that they conform to Amish beliefs and practices(Kraybill,1993)

Amish Culture is a kinship that is much banned together through migration and social organization which is very important to the culture. Sickness and healing is important for Amish people. Most Americans identify the Amish as a conservation religious group that are plain dressed, a simple way of life, and a great work ethic, but know little else about them. Palmer (1992) stated “they come from Europe and migrated to North America in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the reason for the migration varied.” Some in search for affordable farmland, others for a strong sense of identity and feeling of place in their community. Religious disputes forced them to move away from their homelands In the Amish Culture usually kinship requires a great deal of social order in their living

Some in search for affordable farmland, others for a strong sense of identity and feeling of place in their community.

Religious disputes forced them to move away from their homelands In the Amish Culture usually kinship requires a great deal of social order...