How is the Amish a subculture?

Answer 1

No, they are Christians who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour who has already been on earth, which is quite different from Jewish beliefs.

From a historic perspective, all Christians churches (including Amish) had their earliest origin in Judaism, from which there developed Catholicism, which in turn later gave rise to Protestantism and the other Christian denominations. The Amish separated itself from the Mennonite (which separated itself from the Vatican regarding infant baptism). Mennonite was born following Martin Luther's reformation movement. Luther was a German Catholic priest who posted the 95 theses of Convention at his church's door in Germany in 1517, "protesting" against the Vatican.

Answer 2:

The Amish are descendants of a group of 17th-century Anabaptists. Their name derives from their leader, Jacob Amman, who lived in Switzerland. From their study of the Bible back then, these God-fearing people recognized that infant baptism and military service were wrong. Because of their stand, the government persecuted them. A few even paid for their religious conviction with their lives. Persecution continued to increase, and a number of them were forced to flee to other parts of Switzerland and to France. By the middle of the 19th century, thousands had fled to the United States. With them, they brought their culture and the Swiss German dialect.

Answer 2

(1). The Amish generally independently rule over their own selves, with elders being the power that be, over the Amish members.

(2). It is small net work of communities, that general isolate themselves from outside society into nearby grouping of farms, and interact on daily bases among each other.

(3). Despite the fact that they own large tracts of land, and they live in middle class housing, they live a very merger poverty line existence.

(4). That there are laws on the books in both the USA and Canada, that treat them different than the common citizen, that Amish have swayed governments to treat them as subculture.

Answer 3

By definition, every subculture is unique. That's what makes it a subculture.

'Amish" is a term used by the English to Identify a whole bunch of suncultures. There are 57 or more different plain sects withi Lancaster County, PA alone.

What they have in common is an Anabaptist faith that stresses Romans 12:2. They all have customs that are different from mainstream America, but from each other as well.