Protestant Communalism in the Trans-Atlantic World, 1650-1850 (Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World)

This book explores the trans-Atlantic history of Protestant traditions of communalism û communities of shared property. The sixteenth-century Reformation may have destroyed monasticism in northern Europe, but Protestant Christianity has not always denied common property. Between 1650 and 1850, a range of Protestant groups adopted communal goods, frequently after crossing the Atlantic to North America: the Ephrata community, the Shakers, the Harmony Society, the Community of True Inspiration, and others. Early Mormonism also developed with a communal dimension, challenging its surrounding Protestant culture of individualism and the free market. In a series of focussed and survey studies, this book recovers the trans-Atlantic networks and narratives, ideas and influences, which shaped Protestant communalism across two centuries of early modernity.

• | Author: Philip Lockley
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Dec 06, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 244 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1349694878
• | ISBN-13: 9781349694877