Shunning

====Anabaptism====
{{Main|Anabaptist theology#Church discipline}}
Certain sects of the [[Amish]]—an [[Anabaptist]] community—practice shunning or ''meidung''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Why do the Amish practice shunning?|publisher=Amish America|url=http://amishamerica.com/why-do-the-amish-practice-shunning/}}</ref> Historically, the [[Schwarzenau Brethren]] practiced a form of shunning that they called "avoidance," a refusal to eat with even a family member whom the church had placed in "avoidance."<ref>{{cite book|author=Carl F Bowman|title=Brethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a Peculiar People|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|year=1995|page=90-91}}</ref>