Dan Mckanan
Biographic Data
| ID | 976888 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dan Mckanan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dan |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckanan |
| SIGNATURE | MCKANAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Between John Brown and Eugenics
Admirers of Henry David Thoreau often marvel that the hermit of Walden Pond, lover of wilderness and solitude, was also a fiery abolitionist and champion of direct action against slavery. When John Brown launched his fateful attack on Harper's Ferry, Thoreau rushed into Concord's public square to endorse Brown's treason and declare that “the only government that I recognize . . . is that power that establishes justice in the land.”1 Thoreau's ant…
Renewal: Liberal Protestants and the American City after World War II by Mark Wild
Camphill and the Future: Spirituality and Disability in an Evolving Communal Movement
The Camphill movement, one of the world’s largest and most enduring networks of intentional communities, deserves both recognition and study. Founded in Scotland at the beginning of the Second World War, Camphill communities still thrive today, encompassing thousands of people living in more than one hundred twenty schools, villages, and urban neighborhoods on four continents. Camphillers of all abilities share daily work, family life, and festiv…
Claiming the Term "Liberal" in Academic Religious Discourse
The three papers which follow were originally presented at the triennial Unitarian Universalist Convocation in 2016, sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Society and Collegium, an Association for Liberal Religious Studies
Salad, Lard, and Everything Between
Foodways are an excellent site for tracking the interaction between Anthroposophy, the spiritual science founded by Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), and other emerging spiritual traditions. Participants in practical initiatives inspired by Anthroposophy—including Waldorf schools, biodynamic farms, and Camphill intentional communities—follow various eating practices. Some choose vegetarian diets featuring whole grains and abundant vegetables, like thei…
Religious Agrarianism and the Return of Place
Religious Agrarianism and the Return of Place." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(2), pp. 378–379
Who’s Afraid of Identity Politics?
The election of Barack Obama in 2008 marked the culmination of a twenty-year backlash against “identity politics.” Students and union members, environmentalists and anti-imperialists, and people of all races and sexualities came together to elect a young, biracial politician who studiously avoided the slogans of the late Sixties. It appeared, briefly, that liberals and leftists had taken to heart Todd Gitlin’s warning that identity politics had c…
Unless a Seed Falls: Cultivating Liberal Institutions
I have inherited a paradox. As the inaugural holder of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association chair, I am accountable in some sense to a man who once told the graduates of this school to “cast behind [them] all conformity” to what they had learned at school, relying on themselves rather than on the institutions of “historical Christianity.” But I am also accountable to one of those institutions—indeed, to the very denomination…
Making Sense of Failure: From Death to Resurrection in Nineteenth-Century American Communitarianism
Research Article| January 01 2007 Making Sense of Failure: From Death to Resurrection in Nineteenth-Century American Communitarianism Dan McKanan Dan McKanan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Utopian Studies (2007) 18 (2): 159–192. https://doi.org/10.2307/20719863 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Dan McKanan; Making Sense of Failure: From Death to Resurrection in Nineteenth-Century …
Inventing the Catholic Worker Family
The Catholic Worker movement is evolving in ways its founders didn't anticipate," declared a recent article in the National Catholic Reporter, explaining that the movement has evolved from a community of single people to a network that includes many family-centered houses of hospitality. Such media perceptions are widely shared by Catholic Worker families. "In 1933," explained Julia Occhiogrosso of the Las Vegas Catholic Worker, "Dorothy [Day] di…
Honoring the Journey: The Wayward Paths of Conversion in the Catholic Worker and Camphill Movements
Recent scholarship on religious conversion has challenged the widespread perception that most converts experience a dramatic, instantaneous transformation akin to Saint Paul’s experience on the Damascus road. This essay builds on this scholarship by exploring the conversions of people who experienced a change of spiritual affiliation in the context of their participation in an intentional community affiliated with either the Catholic Worker or th…
While God Is Marching on: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers . Steven E. Woodworth
Making Sense of Failure: From Death to Resurrection in Nineteenth-Century American Communitarianism
Research Article| January 01 2007 Making Sense of Failure: From Death to Resurrection in Nineteenth-Century American Communitarianism Dan McKanan Dan McKanan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Utopian Studies (2007) 18 (2): 159–192. https://doi.org/10.2307/20719863 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Dan McKanan; Making Sense of Failure: From Death to Resurrection in Nineteenth-Century …
While God Is Marching on: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers . Steven E. Woodworth
Honoring the Journey: The Wayward Paths of Conversion in the Catholic Worker and Camphill Movements
Recent scholarship on religious conversion has challenged the widespread perception that most converts experience a dramatic, instantaneous transformation akin to Saint Paul’s experience on the Damascus road. This essay builds on this scholarship by exploring the conversions of people who experienced a change of spiritual affiliation in the context of their participation in an intentional community affiliated with either the Catholic Worker or th…
Making Sense of Failure: From Death to Resurrection in Nineteenth-Century American Communitarianism
Research Article| January 01 2007 Making Sense of Failure: From Death to Resurrection in Nineteenth-Century American Communitarianism Dan McKanan Dan McKanan Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Utopian Studies (2007) 18 (2): 159–192. https://doi.org/10.2307/20719863 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Dan McKanan; Making Sense of Failure: From Death to Resurrection in Nineteenth-Century …
Inventing the Catholic Worker Family
The Catholic Worker movement is evolving in ways its founders didn't anticipate," declared a recent article in the National Catholic Reporter, explaining that the movement has evolved from a community of single people to a network that includes many family-centered houses of hospitality. Such media perceptions are widely shared by Catholic Worker families. "In 1933," explained Julia Occhiogrosso of the Las Vegas Catholic Worker, "Dorothy [Day] di…
Unless a Seed Falls: Cultivating Liberal Institutions
I have inherited a paradox. As the inaugural holder of the Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association chair, I am accountable in some sense to a man who once told the graduates of this school to “cast behind [them] all conformity” to what they had learned at school, relying on themselves rather than on the institutions of “historical Christianity.” But I am also accountable to one of those institutions—indeed, to the very denomination…
Who’s Afraid of Identity Politics?
The election of Barack Obama in 2008 marked the culmination of a twenty-year backlash against “identity politics.” Students and union members, environmentalists and anti-imperialists, and people of all races and sexualities came together to elect a young, biracial politician who studiously avoided the slogans of the late Sixties. It appeared, briefly, that liberals and leftists had taken to heart Todd Gitlin’s warning that identity politics had c…
Religious Agrarianism and the Return of Place
Religious Agrarianism and the Return of Place." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 33(2), pp. 378–379
Salad, Lard, and Everything Between
Foodways are an excellent site for tracking the interaction between Anthroposophy, the spiritual science founded by Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), and other emerging spiritual traditions. Participants in practical initiatives inspired by Anthroposophy—including Waldorf schools, biodynamic farms, and Camphill intentional communities—follow various eating practices. Some choose vegetarian diets featuring whole grains and abundant vegetables, like thei…
Camphill and the Future: Spirituality and Disability in an Evolving Communal Movement
The Camphill movement, one of the world’s largest and most enduring networks of intentional communities, deserves both recognition and study. Founded in Scotland at the beginning of the Second World War, Camphill communities still thrive today, encompassing thousands of people living in more than one hundred twenty schools, villages, and urban neighborhoods on four continents. Camphillers of all abilities share daily work, family life, and festiv…
Claiming the Term "Liberal" in Academic Religious Discourse
The three papers which follow were originally presented at the triennial Unitarian Universalist Convocation in 2016, sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist History and Heritage Society and Collegium, an Association for Liberal Religious Studies
Renewal: Liberal Protestants and the American City after World War II by Mark Wild
Between John Brown and Eugenics
Admirers of Henry David Thoreau often marvel that the hermit of Walden Pond, lover of wilderness and solitude, was also a fiery abolitionist and champion of direct action against slavery. When John Brown launched his fateful attack on Harper's Ferry, Thoreau rushed into Concord's public square to endorse Brown's treason and declare that “the only government that I recognize . . . is that power that establishes justice in the land.”1 Thoreau's ant…
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