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

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"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 exclu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davenport, Stewart (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
Colección:American spirituality
Temas:
Shakers > History.
Oneida Community > History.
Oneida Community.
Shakers.
1800-1899
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Latter Day Saint churches > History.
Sexualité > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
RELIGION / Philosophy
Mormon Church.
United States > Church history > 19th century.
United States > Religious life and customs.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse > 19e siècle.
United States.
Church history.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0813947073
9780813947075

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