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The Amish community in the U.S. may be small—at last count it was about 249,000—but it has always fascinated the outside world, including fellow Christians. The community doubled between 1991 and 2010, and drew worldwide headlines during the October 2006 shootings in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania.

Why We Love Amish Romances

In our brave, liberated new world, more American evangelical readers are seeking freedom in the Old Order.

A Lutheran Visits the Amish

What this Lutheran learned when he visited the Amish.

Excerpt: Amish Grace and the Rest of Us

The Amish response to the Nickel Mines shootings wasn't just plain Christianity.

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American Originals

New PBS documentary explores the highs and lows of the life of the Amish.

Geek Theologian

Wired magazine founder Kevin Kelly talks to CT about the Amish, heaven, and why he doesn't own a smart phone.

Why We Love Amish Romances

In our brave, liberated new world, more American evangelical readers are seeking freedom in the Old Order.

The Amish's Spirituality for the Long Haul

What they can, and cannot, teach evangelicals.

Out of This World

What this Lutheran learned when he visited the Amish.

Amish Grace and the Rest of Us

The Amish response to the Nickel Mines shootings wasn't just plain Christianity.

Growth of Evangelicals Has Some Amish Leaders Worried

Old Order Amish church excommunicated Pentecostal healer Steve Lapp.

The Scandal of Forgiveness  Subscriber access only

Want to shock your neighbors? Try forgiving them.

Pure & Simple  Subscriber access only

An insider's account of the Amish, Mennonite, and Brethren people's churches.

Killer of Amish Was 'Angry at God'  Subscriber access only

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When Backward Is Forward  Subscriber access only

Christmas may be the best argument against genetic enhancement.

Shaken Up by the Peace-Lovers  Subscriber access only

A trip through Pennsylvania's Lancaster County.

The Amish Come Knocking  Subscriber access only

UPN's Amish In the City shows us our modern selves in a mirror that is positively medieval.

Amish in the City: Has Reality TV Gone too Far?  Subscriber access only

The author of The Amish: Why They Enchant Us discusses why a television show about Amish teens is inherently flawed, and why we're drawn to their 18th-century ways.

Threatening the Amish  Subscriber access only

How the Amish solve the legal problems of civil liberties
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Divided court upholds business-backed law forcing Hutterites to pay workers' comp insurance
The 4-3 decision upholds a 2009 law requiring religious organizations to carry workers' compensation insurance, which the Legislature passed after businesses complained they could not outbid the religious workers. (StarTribune.com)
Amish-Sect Case Puts Spotlight on Discipline Tactics
Hair- and beard-cutting as a form of discipline is just part of the unusual portrait of a band of Ohio Amish expected to unfold in U.S. District Court in Cleveland this week. (The Wall Street Journal)
For the Amish, Big Agribusiness Is Destroying a Way of Life
In upstate New York, small farmers are being squeezed out by thousand-cow dairies and genetically modified crop producers. The buggy-driving members of a traditional sect may be hit hardest of all.  (The Atlantic)

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