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Unser Leit Symposium

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2015
"Editor’s Introduction Absolutely nothing about Amish history can be compared to the mammoth two volume set Leroy Beachy has compiled. Beautifully cased, these two sets feel like a treasure in your hands. But the contents are the real value.
Crist Miller, Anna Raber, Christopher Petrovich, Leroy Beachy   +3 more
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The Functionalist Problem in Kraybill's Riddle of Amish Culture [PDF]

, 2017
Much of contemporary Amish scholarship manifests an implicit functionalist paradigm that harkens back to mid-20th-century social science. This perspective tends toward optimistic, even "Panglossian," explanation of traits, in which everything that the ...
Billig, Michael S., Zook, Elam
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Of Process, Practice, and Belief: What Can We Learn about Old Amish Church History and Polity from this Special Issue’s Source Documents?

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2019
A full history of the “Old Amish Church” project (c. 1865 to c. 1955-1973) has yet to be written, at least not in English, and not as an overarching, analytical narrative.
Cory Anderson
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Reviving the Demographic Study of the Amish [PDF]

, 2017
The Amish exhibit distinctive demographic patterns, notably high fertility. While scholars have studied Amish population dynamics for more than a half century, recent research in this area is limited.
Anderson, Cory, Colyer, Corey, Donnermeyer, Joseph F., Stein, Rachel, Wasao, Samson   +4 more
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An Amish founder variant consolidates disruption of CEP55 as a cause of hydranencephaly and renal dysplasia

European Journal of Human Genetics, 2019
The centrosomal protein 55 kDa (CEP55 (OMIM 610000)) plays a fundamental role in cell cycle regulation and cytokinesis. However, the precise role of CEP55 in human embryonic growth and development is yet to be fully defined.
Lettie E Rawlins, H. Jones, Olivia Wenger, M.K.K. Aye, J. Fasham, G. Harlalka, B. Chioza, A. Miron, S. Ellard, M. Wakeling, A. Crosby, E. Baple   +11 more
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Permissible Purchasing, Obligatory Abstention: The Strict Vegan Case against New Omnivorism

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 128-145, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Recent developments in consumer ethics have given rise to a new breed of animal protectionist: the new omnivore. These new wave animal protectionists claim that strict veganism is impermissible for the very reason that typically motivates strict veganism; that is, animal protectionism.
Daniel White
wiley   +1 more source

The genetic architecture of Alzheimer disease risk in the Ohio and Indiana Amish [PDF]

, 2021
Michael D. Osterman, Yeunjoo E. Song, Larry D. Adams, Reneé A. Laux, Laura J. Caywood, Michael B. Prough, Jason E. Clouse, Sharlene D. Herington, Susan H. Slifer, Audrey Lynn, M. Denise Fuzzell, Sarada L. Fuzzell, Sherri D. Hochstetler, Kristy Miskimen, Leighanne R. Main, Daniel A. Dorfsman, Paula Ogrocki, Alan J. Lerner, Jairo Ramos, Jeffery M. Vance, Michael L. Cuccaro, William K. Scott, Margaret A. Pericak‐Vance, Jonathan L. Haines   +23 more
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Water Insecurity, Social Perspectives, and Health Impacts in Private Drinking Water Sources in Pennsylvania: Two Systematic Literature Reviews

WIREs Water, Volume 13, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
The two systematic reviews identified that social perspectives and health impacts associated with water insecurity among private water sources users relate to a range of water safety risks, organoleptic properties, health effects, and coping strategies.
Lauren M. T. Broyles, Leslie B. Ford, Kaitlyn Barnhart, Siddhi Deshpande, Madeleine Todd, Erica Morse, Susan Boser, Lara B. Fowler, Andrew Warner, Asher Y. Rosinger   +9 more
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The Growth of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Communities in Kentucky

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2014
This article examines the growth of Amish and plain Anabaptist communities and population in Kentucky, one of the few southern states with a sizeable plain Anabaptist presence across much of its rural areas.
Joseph Donnermeyer, Cory Anderson
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Markets, Trust, and a Culture of Responsibility: Implications for a Family-Friendly Health Care Policy. [PDF]

This paper explores the way in which a family-centered community should approach markets and market interactions and the role of markets in promoting a culture of responsibility.
Frederic J. Fransen
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