The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies is a multidisciplinary peer reviewed journal that focuses on the seven major plain Anabaptist religious traditions: Amish, Apostolic Christian / Nazarene (Froelich), Brethren / German Baptist, Bruderhof, Hutterite, Swiss American / Swiss Canadian Mennonite, and Low German (Russian) Mennonite.
JAPAS welcomes a variety of approaches to knowledge-making, including the empirical, the theoretical, the humanities, and the applied.
JAPAS is co-published by the University of Akron IdeaExchange and the Amish & Plain Anabaptist Studies Association.
Current Issue: Volume 12, Issue 1 (2024)
Table of Contents and Title Page
Title Page and Table of Contents 12(1-2)
JAPAS Editors
Original Research Articles
Amish Shwitzer: An Old Order Contact Language
Anja Hasse and Guido Seiler
‘We Wish to Keep a Wall of Reserve’: Modesty Practice and Discourse within Old Order Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Communities
Rivka Neriya Ben-Shahar
Profiles of Major Amish Settlements in North America: A Guide for Researchers and Service Providers
Cory Anderson and Rachel Bacon
Symposiums
Symposium Review: Virtually Amish: Preserving Community at the Internet’s Margins—Lindsay Ems
Harry Argo, Dan Raber, and Jonathan Stoll
Symposium Review: Facing Infotainment Technologies: Evolution Beyond Human [2nd ed]
Steven Yoder, Gerald Mast, and Karlin High
Symposium Review: Strictly Observant: Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women Negotiating Media [2nd ed]
Emma Rosenberg and Sheila Petre
Review Essay
Book Reviews
Review of: The Mennonites [2nd ed]
Laura Camden
Review of: Women Talking [film]—Sarah Polley
Rebecca Janzen
Review of: Fooling with the Amish: Amish Mafia, Entertaining Fakery, and the Evolution of Reality TV—Dirk Eitzen
Stewart M. Hoover
Review of: A Road Less Travelled; Going Back to My Roots; and Traveling Solo but Never Alone—Christopher Petrovich
Robert Alexander, Danny Kohlar, and Darrell Yoder
Letters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor—Suzanne Rumsey
Suzanne Rumsey
