Culture and Daily Life of Amish

Culture and Daily Life of Amish

Outline

Introduction: There are various different cultures in the world, in this paper Amish culture will be discussed along with primary mode of survival and values and beliefs. The true culture of Amish is simply opposite to what perception people have. They are extremely interesting people having different Anabaptist beliefs

Background: in this part of the paper, I shall discuss who are Amish and where do they come from, their existence etc.

Discussion: In discussion part, the academic literature based on Amish culture will largely focused on warfare, stresses, puzzles, compromises, riddles, and struggles separating modernity and traditionalism

Primary Mode of Subsistence: in this section I shall be describing about their primary mode of Survival and categorizing them into one of the following category: foragers, pastoralists, emerging Agriculturalists, agrarian states of industrialists.

Beliefs and Values: As we know Amish are famous and known for their strong beliefs, thus in this section I shall be covering various parts of their culture along with their beliefs and values.

Wedding

Cloths

Places

Intellectual works

Conclusion

Introduction

There are various different cultures in the world and we all have different views about them people are different not only physically but they are different because of their culture. Culture is a phenomenon common to all human beings and that each and every one of us, to live in society, we learn what previous generations passed and with that knowledge we eventually contribute to that culture continues to grow. However, culture also sets us apart as each social group constructs its own cultural representations according to their preferences, interests, fears, concerns, etc. So, is not the same culture of a western country than an oriental country, as well as the culture may be different from one region of a country to another region of the same country or even cultures representing different social groups living together in the same geographic space.

The importance of culture lies in the fact that each of us feels represented by a group of traditions, elements, ways of thinking, ways of acting that are part of society or social group in which we carry out our daily lives and give us an idea of belonging. We all are living in different societies performing different ideas and beliefs. One of these cultures is the Amish. Whenever we hear the word Amish immediately an image of mundane, uninteresting, and dull people comes in mind. The true culture of Amish is simply opposite to what perception people have. They are extremely interesting people having different Anabaptist beliefs (Linda, James, 2002). Thus in this paper I am going to investigate the primary mode of subsistence of Amish and their Anabaptist values and beliefs along with their social organization.

Background

The Amish are extremely conservative Protestant Christians living primarily in the U.S. and are known for their austerity and rejection to the conventions of modern life. The Amish are descendants of European religious group known as the Mennonites, a name derived from their leader, Menno ...