Shakers, Mormons, and religious worlds : conflicting visions, contested boundaries / Stephen C. Taysom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taysom, Stephen C.

Series:

Religion in North America.

Religion in North America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian sociology--United States--History--20th century.

Christian sociology.

United States--Church history--19th century.

United States.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--19th century--Comparative studies.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Shakers--History--19th century--Comparative studies.

Shakers.

Physical Description:

xiv, 259 p.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume demonstrates how the Shakers and the Mormons maintained boundaries and created their own thriving, but insular communities separate and distinct from mainstream American Protestantism. The author describes the innovation deployed by both the Shakers and the Mormons through which they embraced their status as outsiders. He feels that their marginalization was critical to their initial success. He points out the differences between Shakers and Mormons and illuminates the characteristics which set these groups apart and helped them to become true religious dissenters.

Contents:

The Shakers in the world : walls and bridges

Imagination and reality in the Mormon Zion : cities, temples, and bodies

Godly marriage and divine androgyny : polygamy and celibacy

Boundaries in crisis : the Shaker era of manifestations and the Mormon reformation.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-97583-8

9786612975837

0-253-00489-6

OCLC:

695998479