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Awaiting the Millennium : the Children of Peace and the Village of Hope, 1812-1889.

Schrauwers discusses the social, political, economic, and theological context in which the Children of Peace were established and, for a time, flourished.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schrauwers, Albert
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1993.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Photographs
  • 1. The Yonge Street Settlement
  • The Society of Friends
  • Quakerism and the State
  • The Yonge Street Monthly Meeting
  • A Shared Culture?
  • 2. The Separation of the Children of Peace
  • David Willson's Ministry
  • David Willson's Heresy
  • The Schism
  • Yonge Street
  • 3. Organization
  • Egalitarianism, Honour, and Status
  • Crisis
  • The Pattern of Discontent
  • The New Discipline
  • 4. At Home and Abroad
  • The Village of Hope
  • A Village Like Any Other?
  • An Itinerant Sect
  • 5. Market and Moral Economies
  • The Annual Reproduction of the Household
  • The Cyclical Reproduction of Households
  • Strategizing Individuals in a Moral Economy
  • 6. Ornamenting the Christian Church
  • Ornamenting the Church
  • 'An Irreconcilable Difference'
  • The Basis for Consensus
  • 7. The Millennial Kingdom
  • The Inner Light and Religious Authority
  • Church and State
  • The Millennial Kingdom
  • What Makes a Millenarian Movement?
  • 8. Upper Canadian Politics and the Rebellion of 1837
  • Politics and Patronage
  • Evangelists or Politicians?
  • Rebellion?
  • 9. Aftermath
  • 'Bleeding with the Wounds'
  • Church and State
  • A Church Like Any Other
  • 10. The Children of Peace in Theoretical and Historical Perspective
  • Theoretical Considerations
  • Awakenings and Conflict
  • Rural Millenarianism
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendixes
  • 1. Active Members of the Yonge Street Monthly Meeting
  • 2. Disownments from the Yonge Street Monthly Meeting
  • 3. The 'Builders of the Temple'
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
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