Shakers, Mormons, and religious worlds

Taysom, Stephen C.

Shakers, Mormons, and religious worlds conflicting visions, contested boundaries / [electronic resource] : Stephen C. Taysom. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 259 p.) - Religion in North America . - Religion in North America. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Shakers in the world : walls and bridges -- Imagination and reality in the Mormon Zion : cities, temples, and bodies -- Godly marriage and divine androgyny : polygamy and celibacy -- Boundaries in crisis : the Shaker era of manifestations and the Mormon reformation.

9780253004895 (electronic bk.) 0253004896 (electronic bk.)


Shakers--History--19th century--Comparative studies.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints--History--19th century--Comparative studies.


Christian sociology--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Church history--19th century.


Electronic books.

BX9765 / .T38 2011eb

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