Awaiting the millennium : the Children of Peace and the village of Hope, 1812-1889 / / Albert Schrauwers

• Autore: Schrauwers Albert
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1993; ©1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Disciplina: 289.9
• Soggetto topico: Millennialism - Ontario - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Ontario Church history 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Awaiting the millennium
• ISBN: 1-282-05641-7; 9786612056413; 1-4426-7112-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456444703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II