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Schrauwers Albert |
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Awaiting the millennium : the Children of Peace and the village of Hope, 1812-1889 / / Albert Schrauwers |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993 |
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©1993 |
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1-282-05641-7 |
9786612056413 |
1-4426-7112-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (327 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Millennialism - Ontario - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
Ontario Church history 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Photographs -- 1. The Yonge Street Settlement -- 2. The Separation of the Children of Peace -- 3. Organization -- 4. At Home and Abroad -- 5. Market and Moral Economies -- 6. Ornamenting the Christian Church -- 7. The Millennial Kingdom -- 8. Upper Canadian Politics and the Rebellion of 1837 -- 9. Aftermath -- 10. The Children of Peace in Theoretical and Historical Perspective -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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. |
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