Although the first Amish arrived in America in the mid 1700s, the European Anabaptist movement began well before that, in 1525, as a radical wing of the Protestant Reformation. Anabaptists ...

The Amish, a religious group living almost exclusively in rural America due to their agrarian lifestyle, have astounded both their rural neighbors and researchers with recent population growth.

There's something about the Amish people that has captured America's imagination. Source: America Magazine With their plain clothes and horse-drawn carriages, they portray an idealized notion of ...

Before understanding what Rumspringa is, one has to understand the basics of Amish communities in America. The Amish are described by some historians as an ethnoreligious group, meaning their ...

There are more than 367,000 Amish people living in America. And while the largest majority do call Pennsylvania and Ohio home, there are Amish communities in 32 of the 50 United States. Think of ...

We took a trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, home to America’s largest Amish community, to try the biggest Amish buffet in the country—and it did not disappoint! From butter-drenched noodles to ...

giving moviegoers worldwide a view into the life of the Amish. It was also a parable about America’s soul and what happens to true believers when the institutions and leaders they trusted fail them.

When followers of the Amish religion came to America, they first settled in Pennsylvania due to available farmland in the 18th century. While they have spread out since then to many states ...

the author of multiple books on Amish communities and operator of the website Amish America, told USA TODAY. “This is how 'the Amish' do things.' But with close to 700 different communities ...