Abstract
One of America’s peculiar groups, the Old Order Amish community represents a non-conformist and traditional religious minority endeavouring to remain faithful to the Anabaptist ideal of separateness from the world. Organized on a congregational basis, on the model of the enclave, the Old Order Amish is nevertheless in constant interaction with its environment, and is involved in a process of negotiations with the American authorities so as to guarantee the recognition of their peculiar way of life. The dialogue between the Amish and the outside world illustrates some of the socio-religious tensions at work in American society as well as the nature of the measures adopted to defuse them. The issues at stake here are those of multiculturalism and religious pluralism considered as major tenets of the American social experience. The paper develops these perspectives and intends to highlight the revealing scope of the relationships between the Old Order and American society.
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