(same as SOCIOL 2150). This interdisciplinary course will incorporate religion, sociology, peace studies, education, business, economics, political science, and agriculture. Students will be challenged to consider diverse value-based choices around technology and other aspects of life for the Amish and themselves. Amish communities can provide a launching point for students to consider persecution and social inequality, given their martyrdom history and more contemporary examples of societal biases and misunderstandings. The Amish are organized locally, thus representing diverse ways of living out common values. Structural biases related to factors such as gender and marital status are often more evident within distinct subcultures even though they permeate broader society. Recommended: ENGLSH 1000 and SOCIOL 1000 or ANTHRO 1000, RU_SOC 1000.