03530nam 2200589 450 991045644470332120200520144314.01-282-05641-797866120564131-4426-7112-210.3138/9781442671126(CKB)2420000000003834(OCoLC)244766592(CaPaEBR)ebrary10200957(CaPaEBR)417500(CaBNvSL)thg00600784(MiAaPQ)EBC3251402(MiAaPQ)EBC4671209(DE-B1597)464197(OCoLC)944178362(DE-B1597)9781442671126(Au-PeEL)EBL4671209(CaPaEBR)ebr11256927(OCoLC)958562543(EXLCZ)99242000000000383420160922h19931993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAwaiting the millennium the Children of Peace and the village of Hope, 1812-1889 /Albert SchrauwersToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1993.©19931 online resource (327 p.) 0-8020-6793-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 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.MillennialismOntarioHistory19th centuryOntarioChurch history19th centuryElectronic books.MillennialismHistory289.9Schrauwers Albert906401MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456444703321Awaiting the millennium2455857UNINA