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Amish
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.
April 25, 2011
Excerpt: Amish Grace and the Rest of Us
The Amish response to the Nickel Mines shootings wasn't just plain Christianity.
September 17, 2007
More on Amish
American Originals
New PBS documentary explores the highs and lows of the life of the Amish.
February 27, 2012
Geek Theologian
Wired magazine founder Kevin Kelly talks to CT about the Amish, heaven, and why he doesn't own a smart phone.
July 15, 2011
Why We Love Amish Romances
In our brave, liberated new world, more American evangelical readers are seeking freedom in the Old Order.
April 25, 2011
The Amish's Spirituality for the Long Haul
What they can, and cannot, teach evangelicals.
November 9, 2010
Amish Grace and the Rest of Us
The Amish response to the Nickel Mines shootings wasn't just plain Christianity.
September 17, 2007
Growth of Evangelicals Has Some Amish Leaders Worried
Old Order Amish church excommunicated Pentecostal healer Steve Lapp.
September 7, 2007
Pure & Simple 
An insider's account of the Amish, Mennonite, and Brethren people's churches.
October 6, 2006
Killer of Amish Was 'Angry at God'
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October 4, 2006
When Backward Is Forward
Christmas may be the best argument against genetic enhancement.
December 1, 2004
The Amish Come Knocking
UPN's Amish In the City shows us our modern selves in a mirror that is positively medieval.
July 1, 2004
Amish in the City: Has Reality TV Gone too Far?
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.
January 1, 2004
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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