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Amish Religion and Beliefs
Amish Religion and Beliefs
Sandra Johnson
ANT 101: Cultural Anthropology
Instructor: Chad Goings
February 11, 2013

Amish Religion and Beliefs Introductory The Amish was founded in Europe by Jacob Amman who would be the person they would receive there name of Amish from. The Amish started migrating to the United States in the late 18 century and initially settled in Pennsylvania, other immigrants became established in about 30 States like Ohio, New York, Iowa just to name a few. The Amish community is very removed from the regular life we live on a day to day basis. Amish religion traces their origin back to sixteenth century German Swiss who started to migrate to North America by the eighteenth century during the American Revolution. I what to take my readers through the Amish lifestyle on how they make their money, and how does this life effect the women and children because of their non-beliefs in social change they will have to live by. Their life has to be very hard without modern conveniences I will research the beliefs of the Amish of today’s Medical Health system and how do their families deal with sickness in their community. The Amish also are different from one another today there are about 273,700 Amish Concentrated in over 30 States in American; I will cover this religion on why the Amish and their beliefs have an impact on the people who live this lifestyle.

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