Amish lifestyle
Horse-and-buggy existence
A way of living practiced by the Amish, a Christian community descended from Swiss Anabaptists who settled in North America.
The Amish lifestyle emphasizes simplicity, separation from modern society, and submission to community standards.
Members typically reject electricity, automobiles, and television, favoring horse-drawn buggies, plain dress, and agricultural work.
Rules vary by community but center on humility and avoiding worldly temptations: They chose the Amish lifestyle after years in corporate America.
The phrase often appears when outsiders romanticize or critique this deliberate rejection of modernity.
- faithTrust without proof
- church serviceOrganized Christian worship gathering
- fellowshipMutual goodwill among companions
- familyRelated people together
- home birthChildbirth at residence
quilting · farming · pacifism · manual labor · simplicity · nonconformity · off the grid · Pennsylvania Dutch · barn raising · shunning · humility · homemaking · oil lamps · wood stove · carpentry · baptism · blacksmithing · Rumspringa
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