Chapter-22 Conducting a Case Series

Zehr, Meaghan

doi:10.5005/jp/books/11241_22

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“…The prayers that carry the most weight and are of rarest beauty are those in which we don't demand but just report for duty. (Zehr & Zehr, 2010) We should follow where He leads and swallow what He feeds. (Schrock & Schrock, 2010) Only when we have knelt before God can we stand before men.…”

Section: Spirituality and Worshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An empty heart is a far greater misfortune than an empty purse. (Zehr, 2010) Although those quotes are not overtly religious, all of them emphasize values that are rooted in the Amish and Mennonite faiths. By bookending their letters with such messages, scribes reinforce fairly broad religious beliefs in ways that would appeal to almost any Anabaptist reader, regardless of sect.…”

Section: Spirituality and Worshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Expression of Culture in the Amish Press

Carey

2016

Journalism & Communication Monographs

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This study analyzes the ways in which one community newspaper connects a broad, diverse population bound by a common ideal. The subject of the research is the national edition of The Budget, a weekly newspaper produced by and mailed to Amish and Mennonite readers. The newspaper's correspondents typically pass along information about local life, such as illnesses, marriages, and descriptions of community activities. Using Benedict Anderson's construct of "imagined communities" as a framework, this research explores the portrayals of Amish and Mennonite life in those dispatches and considers the ways those portrayals unite readers. The study identifies four dominant themes around which imagined Amish and Mennonite communities may coalesce: emphases on community, tradition, worship and spirituality, and outward symbols of community membership. The study argues that those common themes are especially important to the Amish and Mennonite communities given their growing geographic dispersal. The study illustrates the way a media outlet may affirm community membership in a diaspora. By providing a platform for writers to share daily routines, the newspaper creates a space for the vicarious experience of community.

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Section: Spirituality and Worshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Spirituality and Worshipmentioning

confidence: 99%