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

Schrauwers, Albert

ISBN 10: 080206793X / ISBN 13: 9780802067937

Edité par University of Toronto Press, 1993

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Synopsis :

In a small town north of Toronto there stands a beautiful and unusual church, well known locally as the Sharon Temple. It is the last remaining evidence of a nineteenth-century Quaker sect, the Children of Peace, one of the few exmaples of a millennarian movement in Canada. Albert Schrauwers explores the history of this intriguing group, which rebuilt Solomon's Temple and prophesied the coming of a Jewish Messiah who would abolish British colonial rule.

Schrauwers discusses the social, political, economic, and theological context in which the Children of Peace were established and, for a time, flourished. He identifies three main periods in the development of the sect: their initial break with the Quakers during the War of 1812; their reorganization following completion of the temple in 1832; and their final reorganization following the Rebellion of 1837.

Using assessment rolls and a careful analysis of relations of production, he shows how material factors influences the political process by which the sect decided what was sacred and what was not. Ultimately he provides a detailed portrait of a remarkable group of people and the times in which they lived.

À propos de l?auteur: Albert Schrauwers is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at York University.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Awaiting the Millennium: The Children of ...
Éditeur : University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition : 1993
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : Acceptable