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A Peculiar People Revisited: Demographic Foundations of the Iowa Amish in the 21st Century

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2013
This article describes the demographic foundations of the Amish in Iowa. We note that since the publication of “A Peculiar People” by Elmer and Dorothy Schwieder in 1975, the demographic dynamics of the Amish have changed little.
Elizabeth Cooksey, Joseph Donnermeyer
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The Role of Social Capital for Amish Entrepreneurs in Pursuing Informal Economic Opportunities

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2013
This study explores the specific types of social relationships that influence initiation into and involvement in informal businesses. In particular, it examines the social capital possessed by Amish entrepreneurs who establish home-based, off-the-books ...
Sunny Jeong
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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 Amish Symposium

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2014
"The Amish is a 500-some page university press-sized handbook that touches on a variety of topical areas. The book is the culmination of two and a half decades each of Kraybill’s, Johnson-Weiner’s, and Nolt’s work about the Amish.
Megan Bogden, Steven Reschly, Benjamin Zeller, Tom Coletti   +3 more
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Where Are the Plain Anabaptists

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2013
This article discusses geographic analytical units of plain Anabaptist groups relevant for conceptualizing spatial dispersion across Canada and the United States.
Cory Anderson, Joseph Donnermeyer
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Reliability and Validity of a Scale to Measure Prejudice toward Old Order Amish

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2014
Numerous studies have examined prejudice in regard to race, age, sexual orientation, and gender, among others. However, there remains a paucity of research on prejudice toward Christian religious groups.
William McGuigan
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Online Mapping Tools for Geolocating Amish Settlements

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2015
This technical note demonstrates the value of using online mapping tools as a method of geolocating Amish settlements. Primarily using freely available Bing and Google maps and published lists of the addresses of Amish ministers, we geolocated 1,362 ...
Andrew Wilson, Brian Lonabocker, Megan Zagorski   +2 more
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Review of Stoltzfus, Duane. 2013. Pacifists in Chains: The Persecution of Hutterites during the Great War. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2015
Duane C. S. Stoltzfus states in the Preface that the story of brothers Michael, David, and Joseph Hofer and Joseph’s brother-in-law Jacob Wipf, “contributes significantly to one of the darker chapters of this period of American history.” Nearly 100 years
Donald Eberle
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"We Represent a Definite Social Class": The Class Identities and Resources of American Religious Groups in the Roaring Twenties. [PDF]

Br J Sociol
Huttenlocher T, Wilde M.
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Work of Oliver R. Avison and His Ecumenical Spirit. [PDF]

Yonsei Med J
Chung M.
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