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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. It has been suggested that this article be merged with Amish in Canada. (Discuss) Proposed since December 2024. Group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships This article is about a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships. For other uses, see Amish (disambiguation ...
Amish make decisions about health, education, and relationships based on their Biblical interpretation. Amish life has influenced some things in popular culture. As the Amish are divided into the Old Order Amish, New Order Amish, and Beachy Amish, the way of life of families depends on the rule of the church community to which they belong.
Rumspringa (Pennsylvania German pronunciation: [ˈrʊmˌʃprɪŋə]), [2] also spelled Rumschpringe or Rumshpringa (lit. ' running around ', [3] from Pennsylvania German rumschpringe ' to run around; to gad; to be wild '; [4] compare Standard German herum-, rumspringen ' to jump around '), is a rite of passage during adolescence, used in some Amish communities.
The Amish alone did not give Trump Pennsylvania’s 19 electoral votes. With 99% of the votes counted as of Monday evening, the Republican nominee led Vice President Kamala Harris by just over ...
The idea of “Rumspringa” has a specific spot in the American imagination. A rite of passage for young people in some Amish communities, Rumspringa is seen by most outsiders as a wild time away ...
The Amish's willingness to submit to the "Will of God", expressed through group norms, is at odds with the individualism so central to the wider American culture. The Amish anti-individualist orientation is the motive for rejecting labor-saving technologies that might make one less dependent on the community.
Some Amish refra As the frenzy settles, curiosity about its impact continues. The hyper-focus was fueled by extensive communities in battleground states, most of all Pennsylvania.
Holmes County has the highest concentration in the world, with the Amish in 2020 making up approximately half the population, and the largest population of Amish of all orders. [10] [11] Including all communities, Ohio has the second-largest population of Old Order Amish in the world, with in 2023 an estimated 84,065 members, second to ...