“All is Harmony in that Department”

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ID20200060
AuthorsAmy Hart (0000-0002-2542-4075, Amy Hart, 3563 Sueldo Street, Suite P, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. Email: [email protected], corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume23
Issue2
Pages18-41
Publication date2019-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/nr.2019.23.2.18
OpenAlexW2982478656
LanguageEN
References cited10

Throughout the 1840s, numerous intentional communities based on a cooperative financial model were organized across the United States. Primarily led by social reformers and often based on the writings of French utopian Charles Fourier, these communities acted as a response to social and economic inequity. As part of their challenge to nineteenth-century social conventions, these communities refrained from including any religious test or expectation of religious adherence for members. The result was the development of spaces where new religious movements and diverse religious expressions emerged, sometimes resulting in communal strife. This article argues that diverse religious expressions were cultivated across these communities, if unevenly. The article highlights three case studies in which religious expression proved a central component of communal organization, social harmony, or community discord. These communities include Trumbull Phalanx in Ohio, Northampton Association of Education and Industry in Massachusetts, and Ceresco in Wisconsin

Art · Environmental ethics · Political science · Social harmony · Social science · Sociology · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices

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