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    Nelson Mandela

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    driving through an Amish community. Men and woman of the Amish community are not permitted via their traditions to operate motorized vehicles which have made the horse drawn buggy essential. The horse and buggy is one of the most recognizable symbols of the Amish which have been their reliable mode of transportation since the mid 1750’s. In addition to pulling buggies the large hardworking draft horse‚ which represent work and diligence‚ can be seen working along the Amish men in the fields‚ helping

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    Outline Week 3

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    will give you information on who the Basseri are‚ how they live‚ how their kinship system‚ their political organization works‚ and I will tell you about their sickness and healing rituals. Before 1957 little was known about the Basseri of Iran. We now know about their kinship system‚ their political organization‚ their sickness and healing rituals and much more. II. This is how and where the Basseri live. The Basseri are pastoralist nomads. In the late 1950’s there were an estimated 16‚000 Basseri

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    The Devil's Playground

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    society or “limbo of statuslessness” in which the individual or group becomes homogenized (1 pg. 97). An example of a liminal culture is the Amish; they separate themselves from the “outsiders” to avoid sin. Within the Amish culture they have communitas which defined by Tuner as no social structure; this period of time is demonstrated by the Amish before they join the church or become baptized. In the book “The Ritual Process Structure and Anti-Structure” by Victor Turner‚ Tuner defines

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    “The Devils Playground” the Amish youth are allowed out of their community to experience the world. The devils playground is known to the Amish as the “English world’. This process is known to the Amish as a runspringa. The purpose of this process is to give the youth a chance to decide whether or not they want to be Amish. According to the documentary this process can take anywhere from six months to two years depending on the person. Once a person accepts the Amish life they will get baptized and

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    adventistbiblicalresearch .org/documents/ anointingservice.htm (accessed 18 May 2008). Moulton‚ Harold K. 1956. Analytical lexicon of the New Testament Greek. Grand Rapids‚ MI: Regency. Nwogwugwu‚ Ngozi Abiodun. 2003. Oyedepo‚ David O. 1996. The healing balm. Ota-Lagos‚ Nigeria: Dominion Publishing House. Richards‚ Lawrence O.‚ ed. 1985. Seventh-day Adventist Bible commentary. 1980. Ed. Francis D Seventh-day Adventist Bible dictionary. 1979. Ed. Siegfried H. Stählin‚ Gustave. 1964. άσθένεια.

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    Deviant behavior

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    Amish religion and beliefs. Jeniffer Ramirez Deviant Behavior Professor Kristine Empie South University June 9‚ 2014 There is several and different religions that most of us are not familiar with. When we investigate different types of religions and it helps us expand our knowledge and learn how many different religions and beliefs are out there? Amish (best known as Amish Mennonites) is a religion which most members stay isolated from today technology? Amish religion

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    How to Lead a Simple Life

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    those things where gone‚ would it peaceful for you? Without these gadgets the Amish cultures live a peaceful and fulfilling simple life. The Amish sometimes referred to as Amish Mennonites‚ are a group of Christian church fellowships that form a subgroup of the Mennonite churches. The Amish are known for simple living‚ plain dress‚ and reluctance to adopt many conveniences of modern technology. The history of the Amish church began with a schism in Switzerland within a group of Swiss and Alsatian

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    Rumspringa

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    RUMSPRINGA NOTES: -Traditional Amish clothing for girls: long stockings‚ black shoes‚ very plain‚ solid-colored‚ long-sleeved dresses‚ and white bonnets to cover hair which is always pulled back. -“English” : non-Amish -“Rumspringa” : Running around -“Farmette” : homelands that have a vegetable garden and areas of pasture for horses and occasionally a cow. These areas are usually five to ten acres. -Amish girls’ hair has been uncut since childhood. Things such as cigarettes‚ alcohol‚ modern-day

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    philosophy has evolved through the years‚ although their still have some extremist in this faith that have not embraced the modern technology. Christianity is the only religion has so many sects among itself. Some of those sects believe in supernatural healing and do not seek medical help‚ while other believes new technology is the work of the devil while others have embraced the modernism. In comparing Christianity with other religions we find that there are certain similarities and differences. But in

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    Art Therapy How does Art Therapy help in maintaining a person’s health or helping them get well from a sickness? Before finding the answer to this question it is necessary to understand the background‚ history‚ and importance of what Art Therapy is. First of all Art Therapy is a form of psychotherapy. In psychotherapy there is an exploration of feelings and concerns in nonverbal and verbal exercises that use simple visual art materials. Art therapy focuses on the creative process for a

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