Maintaining the Amish Cultural Identity

It distinguishes people's culture from the world and everything it provides. Some people think that this is because they do not like the direction of the world. Others believe that society will not accept the people they want to become. However, in some cases, the reason is as simple as religion. Amish is a perfect example of traditional culture and has a history of more than 300 years in the United States. Their faith in the Bible is the foundation of their structured life, especially the letter 12 to the Romans of the Old Testament, "Do not agree with the world". *** Trying to maintain their cultural identity will prove to be challenging

Amish culture is a lifestyle for the birth and prosperity of Amish. As they leave the church, most people will suffer from this deep-rooted identity. So they stayed. They are those who know who they are and why they are here. In this chaotic and chaotic world, this is not a bad thing.

Most of Amish communities founded in North America did not retain their Amish position. The main department in which many congregations of Amish lost their identity occurred in the third quarter of the 19th century. Formation of factions occurs at different times and in different places. This process is the same as "finish", not division. Amish can join other amiche congregation freely in another place that is best for them. In the years since 1850, the tension between individual Amish congregations and various Amish congregations has increased. From 1862 to 1878, the Dimender Schumruernen (Ministerial Conference) was held every year in various places and discusses how Amish should deal with the tension caused by contemporary social pressure. The meeting itself is a progressive idea, the bishops who gathered to discuss unity are an unprecedented concept of the Amish church.

In Europe there is no division between Old Order Amish and Amish Mennonite, like European Amish Mennonite, European Amish was assimilated into the mainstream of Mennonite in the latter part of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century . After all, they removed the word "Amish" from the congregation's name and lost Amish's identity and culture. The last European Amish congregation joined the Mennonite in Ikheim in 1937 and today it is part of the Palatinate Zweibrucken.

Until the early 20th century, the identity of Amish 's old order had nothing to do with the use of technology. Amish and its suburban order used the same farm and family skills. Problems with the use of technology did not play a role in the old order department in the late nineteenth century. The phone was an important technology that was rejected for the first time and was immediately rejected by 20th century automobiles, tractors, radios and many other technical inventions.