Amish new order

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The new order Amish are a subgroup of the Amish close to the old order Amish. Some scholars, despite their name, see the group best characterized as a subgroup of the Amish ancient order.

The new order Amish separated from the old order Amish in the 1960s for a variety of reasons, including a desire for "clean" matchmaking customs among their teenagers, which means that they will not condone the practice of so-called bundling by teenage couples lying clothed together in a bed. Tobacco and alcohol are also not allowed. In addition, the Amish new order wanted to incorporate some evangelical elements, including Sunday school and missionary work . The desire to use some technical gadgets that are normally forbidden among the Amish old order also played a role.

Subgroups

There are four subgroups known as the Amish New Order:

  • Non-electric New Order (35 wards in 2011), the most conservative of the Amish New Order
  • Electric New Order (17 wards in 2011), more advanced than the Non-electric New Orders
  • New Order Tobe (5 wards in 2011), progressive in the use of technology but conservative in their spirituality
  • New Order Fellowship (4 wards in 2011), the most advanced among the Amish new order

literature

  • Charles Hurst and David L. McConnell: An Amish Paradox: Diversity and Change in the World's Largest Amish Community , Baltimore, 2010.
  • GC Waldrep: The New Order Amish and Para-Amish Groups: Spiritual Renewal within Tradition , in The Mennonite Quarterly Review 3 (2008), pp. 396-426.
  • Donald B. Kraybill: The Riddle of Amish Culture , Baltimore, 1989.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ What's the difference between New Order and Old Order Amish? at amishamerica.com
  2. ↑ G. C. Waldrep: The New Order Amish and Amish Para-Groups: Spiritual Renewal within tradition in The Mennonite Quarterly Review 3 (2008), page 399th