What, if anything, can we learn from the Amish? Professor Kraybill spent decades researching and writing about this distinctive community. In a series of episodes he argues that our hyper-tech society has much to learn from the horse-and-buggy driving Ami
Professor Kraybill describes the many Amish rituals around dying and shows how their traditions provide special support for the bereaved after a death.
Professor Kraybill explores the value and practice of humility in Amish life and explains why individualism is the biggest difference between Amish culture and our own.
Professor Kraybill shows how Amish restrictions of choice improve satisfaction. In other words, why fewer choices bring more joy. He explores examples related to clothing and to wedding practices.
Professor Kraybill explains why the Amish think bigness ruins things and shows how small-scale life, including small schools, preserve the dignity of individuals.
Professor Kraybill explores the fascinating ways that Amish “hackers” adapt technology to fit Amish values and practices. He shows how hacking is a way to control technology while at the same time permitting some progress.
An English neighbor shoots ten young girls in an Amish school. Within hours, the Amish offer forgiveness to the offender. Forgiveness is a dominate theme in Amish life, and the Amish community demonstrates how forgiveness brings freedom and healing, and enhances our mental wellbeing.
The Amish are ahead of some American schools when it comes to apprenticeship. That's how eighth-grade educated Amish youth learn skills for technical jobs and running businesses. Ironically, a higher education magazine recently began promoting apprenticeships. What is old turns new again!
Sound silly to say we can learn something about technology from the Amish? It's not. They don't reject technology. They accept, reject or modify technology depending if it will help or harm their community. Lots of lessons for the rest of us in a hyper-tech world. An Amish man shares his views of tech.
Professor Kraybill explains how the horse-driving Amish, can teach the rest of us in a me-first world a lot about community. An Amish man describes the pros and cons of his Amish community. This is not a sales pitch for the Amish team, but an invite to tap some of their communal wisdom.
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