Amish Education: A Synthesis
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist
Studies
Anderson, Cory. 2015.
3(1):1-24.
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies
Anderson, Cory. 2017.
5(2):196-238.
German semiotician Werner Enninger’s theoretically rich work has been neglected, perhaps due to his work’s technicality and publication in obscure outlets. Yet, his work is brilliant; this review rectifies his neglect by synthesizing his 30+ English language publications about the Amish into a meta-theory.
Enninger’s meta-theory fuses structural functionalism and symbolic interactionism, linking macro structures to micro interactions to explain stability and change.
Central is (a) the concept of the Amish “superstructure” consisting of (b) values like community and separation that shape (c) concrete norms and expectations around roles that are (d) internalized and produce (e) the Amish role system.
(f) Shared knowledge of role attributes allows for (g) identification of roles during interactions, distributing privileges and obligations.
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist
Studies
Anderson, Cory. 2015.
3(1):1-24.
Rural Sociology
Anderson, Cory, and Joseph Donnermeyer. 2018.
83(2):470-77.
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Anderson, Cory, Joseph Donnermeyer, Jeffrey Longhofer, and Steven D. Reschly. 2019.
58(3):725-42.
Handbook of the Changing World Language Map, edited by Stanley D. Brunn and Roland Kehrein. Cham: Springer International Publishing.
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Social Science & Medicine
Anderson, Cory, and Lindsey Potts. 2020.
265:113466.
Ethnicity & Health
Anderson, Cory, and Lindsey Potts. 2022.
27(8):1952-78.
Mental Health, Religion & Culture.
Anderson, Cory, and Lindsey Potts.
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies
Anderson, Cory. 2023.
11(1):95-105.