Mennonite

Orthodoxy In order to revise, one must sacrifice something for the community as a whole and willing to compromise for change. In Malcolm Gladwell's series Revisionist History in the episode “Generous Orthodoxy”, Gladwell revises the true motives of the Mennonite church community and Princeton University’s community. Gladwell effectively presents how communities vaguely represent the diversity. Gladwell interviewed church minister Chester Wanger who lost his ministry licence after he officiated…

February 12, 1644. He was an Anabaptist/Mennonite/Amish leader and he founded the Amish religious movement. In his early childhood, he barely could read and write; historical documents suggested that he possibly could have received some form of limited formal education (Huppi). At first, Jakob strongly embraced the Anabaptist and he had a good standing and relationship with the state church, Swiss Brethren. Jakob’s teachings heavily inflicted into Mennonite and other sects; unfortunately, the…

in the process of interacting with a cultural group that is outside of my comfort zone. Throughout the semester I volunteered with the Building Bridges program. The program connects college students with high school students attending Lancaster Mennonite High School as part of the school’s boarding school program. All the students in the program were international students who lived in third world countries, except for one student who lived in the United States. Many of the international…

within the community should not become baptized until they are at peak of adulthood. Mennonite and Amish are similar in that they both believe that one should not be baptized until they are an adult, but they disagree on the extent of their religious worship. For example, the Amish practice more actions of shunning and fasting, but the Mennonite have been more accepting to the changes in the outside world; the Mennonite have learned to include new ideas into their practices without forgetting…

The Mennonite perspective was founded by Menno Simon. Simon was a catholic priest who agreed with the Anabaptists that baptism should be left to the individual instead of baptism of infants. Ammenn and his followers left the Mennonite church to establish the Amish church over 300 years ago. Moreover, facing continuous religious persecution throughout Europe where they…

I have a grandmother in Korea, but if she comes to US, I like to recommend one of the nursing homes. My grandmother has Alzheimer's disease, so she cannot do anything on her own. My uncle quit his job and take care of her at home. Also my grandfather lives with her. Many people send their parents to medicare center when they get Alzheimer disease, I understand that we have our life, but our family still think that we should take care of her. My uncle should find woman to marriage, but he cannot…

Benjamin Franklin: Benjamin Franklin during this time period made many predictions about how the population and overall condition of America would evolve. Franklin, with a few exceptions, was relatively correct in his calculations about the future of America. William Penn: Founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn’s colony displayed the most growth compared to all other colonies. Philadelphia was expanding to become one of the most notable cities of the British Empire. Anglicans: Primarily found in…

During the Holocaust twenty-six year old Lois Gunden, who was an American French teacher from Goshen, Indiana, went to work with the Mennonite Central Committee in southern France. During her time there she has saved over nine women and children. She saved a little girl named Ginette Kalish who was only twelve years at the time by taking her in from her mother and father on a train, Kalish told Yad Vashem in their article (Women of Valor) about Gunden “At the time I was 12 and certainly scared,…

Kindness” by Mariam Toews In the novel “A Complicated Kindness” by Miriam Toews lies a story of misery and grief. In a small town in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the main character Nomi Nickel, is an excitable teenage girl living in the highly-religious Mennonite community of East Village. The town, so strict on its beliefs and limited in employment, offers little opportunity for a productive and happy future. Nomi though, in all her youthful exuberance, faces these challenges as only a teenager…

we ate, before we went to bed and going to church on Sundays has been part of my families routine since I was born. These are things that I never thought much about as a child and have begun to analyze as I have gotten older. I was raised in a Mennonite home, and, for the…