John A. Hostetler's The Amish: A Small Society
The Amish: A Small Society by: John A. Hostetler Essay
Melissa Salazar
Sociology
Sara A Cabello Thompson
TR 8:00
Small Society: Essay
In the article “The Amish: A Small Society” by John A. Hostetler, John is talking about the Amish society. The Amish societies are a group of highly Christian religious people who are extremely traditional and refuse to adopt conveniences of modern technology. They are known for their simple living, plain dressings, and their reluctance to transition or change with our ever growing societies. According to the article, The Amish are often perceived by other Americans to be relics of the past who live an austere, inflexible life dedicated to inconvenient and archaic customs.
The article talks about how …show more content…
the Amish societies are slowly disappearing and are slowly dying. All Amish societies are force to go through some changes as they come in contact with our expanding civilization. As time passes the Amish have felt pressures from the modern world. Issues such as taxation, laws, education, and occasional discrimination and hostility force them to make adjustments that are not of their beliefs. According to the article “The Amish members are claimed to be ruled by the law of love and redemption.” They are a close knit society that is highly sensitive in caring for their own. They share many bonds that unite them. The Amish societies do not believe in violence therefore their beliefs do not allow them to fight for their territory. So they often travel from place to place when circumstances force them to. Commonwealth involves a place of province, which means a smaller unit away from large cities in which its inhabitants feel comfortable with their own ideas and customs, and the place has a sense of distinction from their part of their country.
These Amish societies are are also known as “folk societies” or “simple societies” according to anthropologist who have studied and compared societies all over the world.
These societies constitute and run way differently than industrialized and so called civilized societies. The industrialized society is a society that depends on the use of large-scale machinery for the mass manufacture of consumer goods, which involves factories, mills, and complex machinery. In which the Amish society do not believe in. They instead stick to the old fashion way of doing things which also makes them really good farmers. They refuse to use the any kind of modern technology that may be of their convenience instead you will see bearded men in the field farming and women in their long dresses and bonnets, washing their clothes by hand and hanging them neatly on lines to dry. Aspects of day-to-day living, include prohibitions or limitations on the use of power-line electricity, telephones, and automobiles, as well as regulations on clothing. The Amish are uncomfortable with the idea of change; they believe it is not right to change the way of living and that it should always stay the same. In normal societies young adults don’t usually do what their grandparents or great grand parents did at their time; we evolve with time. In the Amish society young people do what old people did when they were young. According to the article “Members communicate intimately with one another, not only by word of mouth but also through custom and symbols that reflect a strong sense of belonging to one
another.”
Religion is a very important aspect to the Amish society. Their religion also makes them more distinctive because the main values of the community are religious beliefs. The Amish separate themselves from others for a variety of religious reasons, often citing bible verses. According to the article “Not only do the members worship a deity they understand through the revelation of Jesus Christ and the Bible, but their patterned behavior has a religious dimension.” Their religion also implies that “old is the best and new is the devil” which obviously makes sense to why they live the way they live.
In conclusion, the Amish societies are extremely distinctive societies that have odd strong believe the change is wrong and refuse to evolve with our changing world. The societies continue to live amongst us although they are are slowly disappearing with time.
Work Cited
Hamm, Thomas D. (2003). Amish Society (fourth ed.). Columbia University Press.
Hostetler, John A. Amish Society, third edition. pp. 3–12. © 1980 TheJohns Hopkins University Press. Reprinted with permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Hostetler, John (1993). Amish Society (fourth ed.). Baltimore, Maryland; London: Johns Hopkins University Press
Work Cited
Hamm, Thomas D. (2003). Amish Society (fourth ed.). Columbia University Press.
Melissa Salazar
Sociology
Sara A Cabello Thompson
TR 8:00
Small Society: Essay
In the article “The Amish: A Small Society” by John A. Hostetler, John is talking about the Amish society. The Amish societies are a group of highly Christian religious people who are extremely traditional and refuse to adopt conveniences of modern technology. They are known for their simple living, plain dressings, and their reluctance to transition or change with our ever growing societies. According to the article, The Amish are often perceived by other Americans to be relics of the past who live an austere, inflexible life dedicated to inconvenient and archaic customs.
The article talks about how …show more content…
the Amish societies are slowly disappearing and are slowly dying. All Amish societies are force to go through some changes as they come in contact with our expanding civilization. As time passes the Amish have felt pressures from the modern world. Issues such as taxation, laws, education, and occasional discrimination and hostility force them to make adjustments that are not of their beliefs. According to the article “The Amish members are claimed to be ruled by the law of love and redemption.” They are a close knit society that is highly sensitive in caring for their own. They share many bonds that unite them. The Amish societies do not believe in violence therefore their beliefs do not allow them to fight for their territory. So they often travel from place to place when circumstances force them to. Commonwealth involves a place of province, which means a smaller unit away from large cities in which its inhabitants feel comfortable with their own ideas and customs, and the place has a sense of distinction from their part of their country.
These Amish societies are are also known as “folk societies” or “simple societies” according to anthropologist who have studied and compared societies all over the world.
These societies constitute and run way differently than industrialized and so called civilized societies. The industrialized society is a society that depends on the use of large-scale machinery for the mass manufacture of consumer goods, which involves factories, mills, and complex machinery. In which the Amish society do not believe in. They instead stick to the old fashion way of doing things which also makes them really good farmers. They refuse to use the any kind of modern technology that may be of their convenience instead you will see bearded men in the field farming and women in their long dresses and bonnets, washing their clothes by hand and hanging them neatly on lines to dry. Aspects of day-to-day living, include prohibitions or limitations on the use of power-line electricity, telephones, and automobiles, as well as regulations on clothing. The Amish are uncomfortable with the idea of change; they believe it is not right to change the way of living and that it should always stay the same. In normal societies young adults don’t usually do what their grandparents or great grand parents did at their time; we evolve with time. In the Amish society young people do what old people did when they were young. According to the article “Members communicate intimately with one another, not only by word of mouth but also through custom and symbols that reflect a strong sense of belonging to one
another.”
Religion is a very important aspect to the Amish society. Their religion also makes them more distinctive because the main values of the community are religious beliefs. The Amish separate themselves from others for a variety of religious reasons, often citing bible verses. According to the article “Not only do the members worship a deity they understand through the revelation of Jesus Christ and the Bible, but their patterned behavior has a religious dimension.” Their religion also implies that “old is the best and new is the devil” which obviously makes sense to why they live the way they live.
In conclusion, the Amish societies are extremely distinctive societies that have odd strong believe the change is wrong and refuse to evolve with our changing world. The societies continue to live amongst us although they are are slowly disappearing with time.
Work Cited
Hamm, Thomas D. (2003). Amish Society (fourth ed.). Columbia University Press.
Hostetler, John A. Amish Society, third edition. pp. 3–12. © 1980 TheJohns Hopkins University Press. Reprinted with permission of The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Hostetler, John (1993). Amish Society (fourth ed.). Baltimore, Maryland; London: Johns Hopkins University Press
Work Cited
Hamm, Thomas D. (2003). Amish Society (fourth ed.). Columbia University Press.