The Amish have a distinctive and unique culture, do you agree?

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The Amish have a distinctive and unique culture, do you agree?

By Lilli Belfield 10JTH

The Amish culture has a very distinct and unique culture. It’s rules, regulations, beliefs and take on life is very different to our norms. In this essay I will explore the Amish culture.

One of the things very central to an Amish life is their religion. Amish people have Christian beliefs and believe that living how god wants them to is essential. This way of life is called Gelassenheit. This is basically when they submit to god’s guidance and serve others.

Another thing that is important to the Amish culture is the way the men and women have there own set roles. For example the women make the food and clothes where as the men do farm work and woodcraft. This separation of the jobs the men and women do is a old fashion idea and shows how the Amish live very much out of 21st century life.

A belief that is also is important to the Amish is that where as we live in a multicultural society the Amish live separately. The Amish believe that living separately is essential for salvation.

In the Amish culture rejection to violence is a norm. They believe that strife an jealousy have no place in their lives and people that don’t oblige to their ways are often warned privately first then shunned after which (shunning being when you are forced to leave the community).

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Something central to Amish values is Gelassenheit as well as being a huge part of the religious views this idea also explains why the Amish reject such things as jewellery, make-up, hair styling, showy dress (this includes the use of buttons and hooks) and flashy coloured fabric.

All these things are the norms of an Amish life. Comparing to our ideas, beliefs and views to the Amish’s ideas, beliefs and views is quite a contrast and make theirs seem rather different and odd. There are many differences between the Amish culture and the British culture to which ...

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