John McKelvie Whitworth

God's Blueprints

A Sociological Study of Three Utopian Sects

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Produktbeschreibung

This book, first published in 1975, examines how utopian sects seek to establish and promulgate radically distinctive forms of society according to what they claim to be God's blueprint. Rooted in the sociology of religion, this study presents an analysis of three sects: the Shakers; the Oneida Community; and the Bruderhof.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 562g
• ISBN-13: 9780367025069
• ISBN-10: 036702506X
• Artikelnr.: 69936073

Autorenporträt

John McKelvie Whitworth

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Origins and Expansion of the Shakers, 1747
1835 3. The Shakers
Internal Revival and Decline, 1835
1905 4. The Perfectionists of Oneida
Origins and Incipient Communitarianism, 1831
1848 5. The Oneida Community
Communism of Property and Affections, 1848
1881 6. A Contemporary Utopian Sect
the Society of Brothers (or Bruderhof) 7. Conclusions