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Amish; Mennonite; German Baptist; Hutterite; Apostolic Christian; Bruderhof; geographical units; settlement; affiliation; region
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Where Are The Plain Anabaptists?, Cory Anderson, Joseph Donnermeyer
Where Are The Plain Anabaptists?, Cory Anderson, Joseph Donnermeyer
Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies
This article discusses geographic analytical units of plain Anabaptist groups relevant for conceptualizing spatial dispersion across Canada and the United States. All plain Anabaptist groups are tied to the land, hence, the religious values, cultural traditions, and social organizations of plain Anabaptists are intimately and reciprocally bound up with geography. We discuss six geographic units of the plain Anabaptists and describe how we gathered information about their locations. These include: local church, local affiliation, settlement, region, broad affiliation, and global region. We present maps of their geographic distribution throughout Canada and the U.S., noting spatial patterns. Hence, this article provides …