Contemporary Amish Youth and the Transition to Adulthood

As adulthood looms in an Amish adolescent’s life, he must make a crucial decision that will affect the rest of his life: To be or not to be Amish. Amish teens undergo a ‘coming of age’ rite of passage known as Rumspringa. This experience allows the Amish teen to be cast out in the Non-Amish world of...

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Main Author: Dessecker, Maeghan B
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University 2012
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Online Access:http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/anthro_hontheses/6
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=anthro_hontheses