"Rules of a Godly Life" is a popular Pietist devotional source for the Amish. Comprised of 47 proverbs, this text was originally written in the early 18th century by a non-Amish author. The ...

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3. The film shows a lot of diversity. Can you explain this? What are the Amish rules? There are some 40 different subgroups of Amish. There is not a common "Amish Rule Book" of regulations that ...

“In general, I am so glad that I am not in the Amish community anymore. “I would say life outside of the community is scary, when you have a lot of rules you know what to expect. “Outside ...

U.S. Justice Department intervenes to stop Sugar Grove Township from requiring Old Order Amish to abandon privies and connect ...

This blog post explores the roles of Amish women and some fascinating facts about their way of life. Courtesy Grunge, ...

gave insufficient weight to those rules. “To be sure, the county stresses the fact that the ‘record contains no evidence of a single, properly working mulch basin system in Minnesota,'” Gorsuch wrote.

Under the agreement, Amish households will be exempt from the sewage system requirement and allowed to use privies, according ...

Old Order Amish in Warren County will no longer be required to use an electric component of a sewer system following a ...

“The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act protects the rights of religious communities across the country, including the Old Order Amish, from the enforcement of land use rules ...