History: Amish emerged from 1690s division among Swiss Brethren, 1860s Old Order/Amish- Mennonite schism, several major 20 th century schisms within Old Order.

Population: Around 250,000 adherents in 2010, doubling time of 20.5 years, 1 million Amish by 2050

Beliefs and Practice: 1632 Dordrecht Confession of Faith, baptism on confession of faith, doctrine of separation from world, intimate church

Scholarship: Folk society- and “modern”-focused theoretical assumptions have dominated but recently critiqued