Sex and sects : the story of Mormon polygamy, Shaker celibacy, and Oneida complex marriage / Stewart Davenport.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davenport, Stewart, author.

Series:

American Spirituality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shakers--History.

Shakers.

Oneida Community--History.

Oneida Community.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Sex.

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

United States.

United States--Religious life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, Virginia : University of Virginia Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Sex and Sects tells the story of three religiously inspired sexual innovations in America--Shaker celibacy, Mormon polygamy, and the Oneida Community's free love. It explores why these bold experiments rose and then fell primarily over the course of the nineteenth century and almost exclusively within the confines of the new American republic. Rather than view them through a social-scientific lens, Sex and Sects traces their fascinating shared trajectory as they emerged, struggled, institutionalized, and declined in tandem"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prologue: The Perfectionist snow-bound funeral orgy of 1839 and what this book is not about

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Metanarrative

Marriage

Spiritual

Sexual

Institutional

Shaker family drama

Polygamy and persecution at Nauvoo : the Mormons, 1842-1844

"A scatteration at Oneida"

Succession, relocation, and proclamation : the Mormons, 1844-1852

Selfishness and status

Control

Revival

Gender

Children

The Shakers, from revolution to refuge

The triumph of bread and butter at Oneida

The war on polygamy and the temporal salvation of the Mormon Church.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Davenport, Stewart Sex and Sects

ISBN:

9780813947075

OCLC:

1276804809