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Handling the Individualist Impulse in Amish America - It's More Honest Than Our Approach

Handling the Individualist Impulse in Amish America - It's More Honest Than Our Approach

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James F. Richardson
Aug 06, 2022
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We love Amish handmade furniture. Our Anabaptist friends sell it nationwide for a reason.

Some of us even romanticize their ‘wholesome’ community-centered lives where family is tight, and families help each other share resources freely (especially labor).

Yet, the Amish brand of orthodox Christianity turns most of us off. Th…

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