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A Brief History of Amish Churches in Holmes County, Ohio

, 2020
This article provides a brief history of several Amish church schisms in Holmes County during the 20th century. After a 1917 Diener Versammlung, Sam Yoder divided from the South Churches (Old Order) due to differences in Ordnung.
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Amish Femininity: New Lessons from the Old Order

, 2014
I consider how a woman is expected to do gender may influence how she is expected todo birth. I ask how mainstream norms of femininity, particularly those that celebratepassivity and weakness, manifest in a woman’s particular experience of childbirth.As ...
Jolly, Natalie
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Realignment and Division in the Amish Community of Allen County, Indiana: A Historical Narrative

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2013
The Amish have long faced disagreement over matters of internal policy and adoption of external ideas like evangelical emphases. In Allen County, Indiana, several branches of Anabaptists have developed from the original Swiss Amish settlers because of ...
Christopher Petrovich
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The Varying Fertilities of the Amish Groups of Holmes County, Ohio

, 2022
The Amish are known for their high fertility, and one of the groups, the Swartzentruber Amish, is known for its exceptionally large families. Opinions vary about the number, but there are many distinct Amish affiliations in the Holmes County, Ohio, area,
Troyer, Henry
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Ciliary Defects in Inherited Retinal Diseases

Advanced Genetics, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2026.
The photoreceptor cilium is a specialized sensory organelle essential for vision. This review systematically summarizes the structural and functional defects of the cilium that lead to inherited retinal diseases (IRDs). It highlights key pathogenic genes, elucidates molecular mechanisms of degeneration, and evaluates emerging therapeutic strategies ...
Guizhi Guo, Lin Li, Jun Zhou, Jie Ran
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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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The Amish Goodie Gang of the 1950s: A Story of Changing Identity and Spiritual Renewal

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2019
Revivals of the 1950s and 60s spawned a movement of spiritual and practical change within the Amish community of Lancaster County, PA. Out of those changes came an unusual Amish gang called the Goodies.
Chris Stoltzfus
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Twinning Characteristics of the Amish Groups of Holmes County, Ohio

, 2022
The Amish are known for their high fertility and large families, but the Amish twinning rate has been of less interest. In an article published in 1970 (over 50 years ago), Cross and McKusick determined the Holmes County, Ohio, Amish twinning rate to be ...
Troyer, Henry
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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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Of Process, Practice, and Belief: What Can We Learn about Old Amish Church History and Polity from this Special Issue’s Source Documents?

, 2020
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.
Anderson, Cory
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