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Handling the Individualist Impulse in Amish America

Handling the Individualist Impulse in Amish America

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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).

In the end, though, the Amish brand of orthodox Christianity turns most…

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