Shakers, Mormons, and religious worlds : conflicting visions, contested boundaries /
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 emb...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | Religion in North America.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 259 pages ) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253004895 0253004896 |