Sex and Sects: The Story of Mormon Polygamy, Shaker Celibacy, and Oneida Complex Marriage, Davenport Stewart

Автор: Davenport Stewart
Название: Sex and Sects: The Story of Mormon Polygamy, Shaker Celibacy, and Oneida Complex Marriage
ISBN: 0813947057 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813947051
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: With a revolution behind them, a continent before them, and the First Amendment protecting them, religio-sexual pioneers in antebellum America were free to strike out on their own, breaking with the orthodoxies of the past. Shakers followed the ascetic path; Oneida Perfectionists accepted sex as a gift from God; and Mormons redefined marriage in light of new religious revelations that also redefined God, humankind, spirit, and matter. Sex became a powerful way for each group to reinforce their sectarian identity as strangers in a strange land. Sex and Sects tells the story of these three religiously inspired sexual innovations in America: the celibate lifestyle of the Shakers, the Oneida Community’s system of controlled polyamory, and plural marriage as practiced by the Mormons. Stewart Davenport analyzes why these bold experiments rose and largely fell over the course of the nineteenth century within the confines of the new American republic. Moving beyond a social-scientific lens, Davenport traces for the first time their fascinating shared trajectory as they emerged, struggled, institutionalized, and declined in tandem—and sheds historical light on the way in which Americans have discussed, contested, and redefined the institutions of marriage and family both in our private lives and in the public realm.

Автор: John Gary Maxwell
Название: The Last Called Mormon Colonization: Polygamy, Kinship, and Wealth in Wyoming`s Bighorn Basin
ISBN: 1647690595 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781647690595
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Описание: Takes a detailed look at the Mormon colonization of the Bighorn Basin in 1900-1901, placing it in the political and socioeconomic climate of the time while examining whether the move to this out-of-the-way frontier was motivated in part by the desire to practice polygamy unnoticed.

Автор: John Gary Maxwell
Название: The Last Called Mormon Colonization: Polygamy, Kinship, and Wealth in Wyoming`s Bighorn Basin
ISBN: 1647690587 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781647690588
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 109030.00 T
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Описание: Takes a detailed look at the Mormon colonization of the Bighorn Basin in 1900-1901, placing it in the political and socioeconomic climate of the time while examining whether the move to this out-of-the-way frontier was motivated in part by the desire to practice polygamy unnoticed.