Abstract
With all of the problems found in the adolescent sexuality of the inner city African American community, problems are just as common in more rural, more seemingly innocent, cultures such as that of the Amish. The paper shows that the simpler throwback Amish culture is one whose sexuality can be just as male-centric and just as harmful to its adolescents as that found in the big bustling looming city. This paper discusses the varied sexualities thrust upon youth in both the African American urban culture and the United States' small but noteworthy Amish culture, comparing and contrasting the two societies' beliefs.

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"It's a concern for many, for researchers, city leaders, conservative and liberal politicians, community members, and distanced bigots: the rise in sexual promiscuity in the African American community. What is sometimes almost jokingly referred to within the black community as "babies having babies" is not a comical matter when the multitudes of unwanted or uncared-for children are counted, when the list of sexually transmitted diseases and complications is read, when the adverse and overarching effects of lost innocence and premature sexuality are admitted. Yet, with all of the problems found in the adolescent sexuality of the inner city African American community, problems are just as common in more rural, more seemingly "innocent" cultures, such as that of the Amish."

Tags:amish, africanamerican, sexuality

Abstract
A brief explanation of how Amish resistance to cultural assimilation has directly impacted that group's social and economic status in the US, followed by an examination of the ways in which a culture within a culture can preserve its cultural identity and integrity.

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"Today, Amish factions' refusal to assimilate socially economically, militarily and educationally into mainstream American culture is both a boon and a hindrance. While the Amish have fortunately managed to retain their own cultural identities amidst pervasive modern American civilization, they have regrettably incurred as a cost of..."

Tags:Amish, culture, assimilation, cultural identity, discrimination

Abstract
The paper analyzes Amish culture and their health beliefs in terms of communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control and biological variation.

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"The Old Order Amish were described by Linda Gerdner as an Anabaptist religious sect currently living in states throughout the United States, with heavy concentrations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa. The Amish exhibit distinctive beliefs and health seeking behaviors that can be assessed with respect to six lenses, through which cultural differences are traditionally explored. The first lens is communication. According to Donald B. Kraybill, the Amish are generally informal in terms of communication styles, using first names..."

Tags:Amish, religion, health

Abstract
The writer first introduces the Amish people, explaining where they are from and what they believe in. The paper then discusses how their religious practices influence their methods of communication - language, tone of voice and modest way of speech. It examines their use of language as punishment too - "shunning" people by not speaking to them.

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"The Amish are known as a "plain" people. This is a description is often given of the modest, traditional dress of Amish men and women. It is also quite applicable to the taciturn style of communication of the Amish as well as to their more famous traditional ways of life and dress. Ostentation in speech in the Amish community is frowned upon with suspicion, even regarded as heretical when done to excess, just as much as innovations in dress and the means of producing the necessities of everyday life."

Tags:religion, communication, amish, language, christianity

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A paper on the cultural review of the Amish society and way of life.

Tags:the, amish, society

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The paper describes how the Amish people do not conform to the technological innovations of the twentieth and twenty first centuries and maintain their rituals and way of life even in contemporary America. The paper relates the Amish's view on children attending public schools, the coming-of-age ritual for Amish teens and their goal to encourage farming. The paper discusses how strict rules of the Amish way of life have put some of the Amish in conflict with the U.S. government and concludes with the opinion that the Amish, even in the 21st century, are entitled to their old-fashioned ways of life.

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"Some Amish actually came to the US in the late 1700's. Most of them settled in Pennsylvania, but there are both Amish and Mennonite enclaves in New York, Ohio and Illinois, among other states. Obviously, they came because of religious persecution , but also in part because of their split from the Mennonite. The Amish are far stricter in their religious beliefs. And, perhaps one of the major problems even today, is that they are extremely conservative about marriages. There are a lot of inter-marriages which, as some authors point out, has caused problems in their gene pool. As it is now, the Amish tend to have large families."

Tags:assimilation, conformity, technology, religion, rituals

Abstract
This paper describes the Amish people and explains how their lifestyle is in stark contrast to that of most Americans. The writer explains why they refuse social security, health insurance, and the use of electricity. Amish children end their formal education, which includes religious education and practical homemaking or farming skills, at 8th grade and begin to work after about the age of thirteen. Amish baptism beliefs, weddings, funerals, and the practice of shunning, which is the term for expulsion from the Amish community, are also described. The paper concludes that the Amish faith is not one that many Americans can understand, and cites one of the Bible verses upon which the Amish have based their culture and way of life.

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"The Amish are quite different from today's "normal Americans." They dress in simple and self-made clothes and also forbid photography of themselves because they believe it leads to pride and threatens the importance of "community" by calling attention to individuals. All in all, the Amish way of life is vastly different and yet seemingly senseless from the modern American's way of life because of the simple fact that they use a different method of transportation, refuse to use electricity, the lack of a formal education, their different work habits, and their unusual religious services."

Tags:Ordnung, guideline, temptation, Anabaptist, Christian, Memnonite, buggies, generator, kerosene

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This paper examines how today's American society is driven by technology and the wave of change that its current brings and how, as the changes become faster, and the technology becomes more accessible and more powerful, the task of keeping traditional Amish culture alive becomes ever more challenging. It looks at how, through Amish negotiations within their community and church, as well as outsiders in the farming and milk industries, the Amish have slowly adapted to the modern era at their own pace and on their own terms with respect to the use of electricity, the telephone, automobiles, and farming equipment. The Amish ways and traditions may not be exactly as they were long ago in the pre-industrial age, but their adjustments and amendments have been in the best interest of the Amish community toward the goal of preserving their history.

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"The ban of electricity however, sometimes had to be lifted in order for the Amish to stay close to their faithful traditions. One key exception was when the church allotted the privileged use of a generator under certain conditions. As the world around the Amish began to advance rather quickly, the Amish were left with the problem of purchasing horse-drawn farm equipment. In order to convert tractor-drawn machinery to horse-drawn the use of electrical welders was needed. Welders were also needed to repair broken machinery. Electric generators were seen as an important source to produce the energy needed to power the electric welders. The church viewed the purpose of maintaining and adapting farm machinery for horses as an important one, so they in turn allowed electric generators. However, farmers and mechanics began to take advantage of this powerful technology by bending the rules of the church, using the electric generators for other purposes."

Tags:electricity, church, telephone

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This paper discusses the culture and values of the Amish. It specifically focuses on their culture of community and the ways in which it is at odds with much of American life and values. The paper discusses the beliefs and religion of the Amish, their view of education and their desire for separatism from 'the English' or non-Amish. The paper concludes that the Amish have become beloved by the society they spurn.

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"Separate, yet dwelling in the world in a practical fashion, is the hallmark of the Amish community. "As well as being modest, their clothing also separates them from the world," that is from others (Inge, 2007). The Amish do not serve in the military; because their sect is pacifist. However, they do not involve themselves in political causes like the anti-war movement, except when public matters affect the Amish community. They do not swear oaths because that would involve the community in the values of the world ("Beliefs of the Amish," 1996, Religious Tolerance.org. 1996). "They believe that the taking of photographs where someone is recognizable is forbidden by the Biblical prohibition against making any 'graven image'" ("The Amish and the plain people"1995, Pennsylvania Dutch Country). They speak their own dialect, the Pennsylvanian Dutch dialect when amongst themselves. They do not pay taxes, as they do not collect Social Security or other welfare benefits, as the Amish community takes care of its 'own.'"

Tags:community, segregation, modest, buggy

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This paper crosses disciplines of psychology and sociology/anthropology. It uses Erik Erikson's famous "Theory of Identity Formation" to try and make sense of Amish culture. It examines social and psychological aspects of Amish life from birth to death. It finds that Erikson's theory works well and is substantiated by Amish life especially Amish adolescence.

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"With this paper I am concerned with observing Old Order Amish Society (primarily in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) through an Eriksonian framework of identity formation. His epigenetic cycle, the Eight Stages of Man, will be played out using Amish social customs and practices extracted from numerous literary sources, though most predominantly from John Hostetler's Amish Society. Of particular interest, and most emphasized, is the fifth epigenetic stage the identity crisis. To expedite a resolution during this adolescent phase, Erikson prescribes a psychological "moratorium" which corresponds directly to the seemingly peculiar Amish practice of relaxing behavioral standards of teenagers. In order not to misrepresent individual identity as collective identity writ small, the notion of Amish personhood is later invoked, although is more briefly discussed. The successful resolution of an adolescent's identity crisis seems to coincide with the decision to enter the church, which, marked by the baptism ceremony, signifies attainment of full personhood. Despite that Erikson's notion of identity is predicated upon a fairly determinant and universalistic psychobiological trajectory, and therefore of limited utility for comparative studies, it is believed useful here as an analytic tool for understanding Amish development given their strong cultural identity and social dictates of personal behavior."

Tags:adolescence, anthropology, biological, birth, cycle, death, epigenesis, freud, life, psycho, psychological, teens