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.
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.
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
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
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