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An intimate portrait of the diverse music-making at the center of Amish faith and life.Singing occurs in nearly every setting of Amish life. It is a sanctioned pleasure that frames all Amish rituals and one that enlivens and sanctifies both routine and special events, from household chores, road trips by buggy, and family prayer to baptisms, youth group gatherings, weddings, and “single girl” sings. But because Amish worship is performed in private homes instead of public churches, few outsiders get the chance to hear Amish people sing. Amish music also remains largely unexplored in the field of ethnomusicology. In Why the Amish Sing, D. Rose Elder introduces readers to the ways that Amish music both reinforces and advances spiritual life, delving deep into the Ausbund, the oldest hymnal in continuous use. This illuminating ethnomusicological study demonstrates how Amish groups in Wayne and Holmes Counties, Ohio—the largest concentration of Amish in the world—sing to praise God and, at the same time, remind themselves of their 450-year history of devotion. Singing instructs Amish children in community ways and unites the group through common participation. As they sing in unison to the weighty words of their ancestors, the Amish confirm their love and support for the community. Their singing delineates their common journey—a journey that demands separation from the world and yielding to God's will.By making school visits, attending worship services and youth sings, and visiting private homes, Elder has been given the rare opportunity to listen to Amish singing in its natural social and familial context. She combines one-on-one interviews with detailed observations of how song provides a window into Amish cultural beliefs, values, and norms.

Amish --- Hymns --- History and criticism. --- Music --- Social life and customs. --- Old Order Amish --- Mennonites --- Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches

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"Examination of how groups at the margins of the global economy-in this case, the Amish-use information and communication technologies"--

Advertising & society --- Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches --- Media studies --- Amish --- Information technology --- Telephone --- Internet --- Technological innovations --- Decision making --- Information society --- Customs and practices. --- Religious aspects --- Amish. --- Evaluation --- Economic conditions. --- Interviews. --- Old Order Amish --- Mennonites --- Sociology --- Information superhighway --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management --- Management decisions --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Knowledge management --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer --- DARPA Internet --- Internet (Computer network) --- Wide area networks (Computer networks) --- World Wide Web

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religious life in Romania --- the Romanian Orthodox Church --- Wallachia and Dobroudgea --- Moldavia --- Bucovina --- Transylvania --- Crisana --- Maramures --- Oltenia --- Banat --- the Serbian Orthodox Vicariate --- the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate --- the Catholic Church --- the Romanian Church united with Rome --- Greek-Catholic --- the Roman Catholic Church --- the Armenian Catholic Ordinariat --- the Protestant Churches --- the Reformed Church --- the Evangelical Church C.A. --- the Evangelical Lutheran Church S.P. --- the Unitarian Church --- the Reformed Church (Calvinist) --- the Lutheran Evangelical Synodal-Presbyterian Church --- the Armenian Church --- the Old Rite Christian Church --- the Neo-Protestant (Evangelical) Churches --- the Free Churches --- the Baptist Church --- the Seventh-Day Adventist Church --- the Pentecostal Church --- the Evangelical Church --- the Christian Baptist Church --- the Seventh-Day Christian Adventist Church --- the Apostolic Church of God --- the Gospel Christian Church --- the Romanian Evangelical Church --- Judaism in Romania --- Islam in Romania --- cultural-patrimonial heritage of the Churches and religions in Romania --- material support --- the State --- organizational structure of religious cults --- Islamic cult --- Jewish Federation --- state institution --- religious affairs --- Muntenia --- Ardeal --- Crisana --- Jassy