Ashley and Bailee turn their attention to a community often romanticized but rarely understood: the Amish.

In Part 1 of this two-part series, they trace the movement’s origins in the Radical Reformation, unpacking Anabaptism, adult baptism, persecution, and the theological split that gave rise to the Amish. They explore how a desire for faithfulness and separation from the world shaped practices like shunning, communal discipline, and the Ordnung — and how those early convictions still echo today.

Sources:

• Amish Studies, Elizabethtown College. (n.d.). Amish origins. https://groups.etown.edu/amishstudies/religion/amish-origins/
• Anabaptists.org. (n.d.). Mennonites in Europe: Persecution. https://www.anabaptists.org/writings/excerpts/mennonites-in-europe-persecution.html
• Encyclopaedia Britannica. (n.d.). Anabaptists. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Anabaptists
• Encyclopaedia Britannica. (n.d.). Mennonite. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mennonite
• Pennsylvania Center for the Book. (n.d.). Amish history: A timeline. https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/amish-history-timeline

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