著者

山本 明歩 Akiho YAMAMOTO 京都文教大学総合社会学部 KYOTO BUNKYO UNIVERSITY Department of Social Relations

出版者

京都文教大学

雑誌

総合社会学部研究報告 = Reports from the Faculty of Social Relations (ISSN:21888981)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.15, pp.11-26, 2012

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Anabaptists, who reside in many countries throughout the world, include the Mennonites, the Amish, the Brethren and Hutterites. The customs in some of the old-order groups in Anabaptists are distinguishable in many ways from those of the society around them. This difference, along with their religiousness, makes them look fundamentalistic and conservative. In short, they are often viewed as groups of people who restrict personal freedom and resist any changes in lifestyle. In contrast to such observations, this paper argues that Anabaptists actually put emphasis on individual choice and that this leads to the diverse cultural traits and behavior which include what seems to be the resistance to assimilation or acculturation observed in traditional groups.