Much of the tourism industry that’s sprung up around Amish areas says more about Americans’ own identity than Amish values, writes Susan L. Trollinger, a professor of English and a scholar of rhetoric ...

The Amish value self- denial and humility, based in Romans 12:3: that each man should “not think of himself more highly than he ought to think,” leading them to try to avoid appearing “proud.” ...

“The Amish value being a separate people, but having a distinctive identity doesn’t make you withdrawn. It gives you a clear place from which to engage,” Nolt wrote in an email.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — From the moment British filmmakers launched their research of Amish teens from central Illinois for a TV series contrasting Amish values with those of the outside ...

(The Conversation) — Much of the tourism industry that’s sprung up around Amish areas says more about Americans’ own identity than Amish values, a scholar writes.