Americans tend to view the Amish as a saving remnant -a simple, - TopicsExpress



          

Americans tend to view the Amish as a saving remnant -a simple, pious community living life as it once was and still could be. Yet they also see them as a fallen people -the subject of exposes and the butt of jokes that purport to reveal the real and repressed nature of their life. .. these seemingly conflicting interpretations almost always go together, reassuring modern observers that they need not feel guilty if they admire, but then quickly dismiss, the Amish way. The Amish, Kraybill et al...
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 01:30:02 +0000

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