Awaiting the Millennium : The Children of Peace and the Village of Hope, 1812-1889 /
Schrauwers, Albert
Awaiting the Millennium : The Children of Peace and the Village of Hope, 1812-1889 / Albert Schrauwers. - 1 online resource (312 p.)
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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780802067937 9781442671126
10.3138/9781442671126 doi
Christian communities--History--Ontario--Sharon--19th century.
Millennialism--History--Ontario--19th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
BX9999.S43
289.671
Awaiting the Millennium : The Children of Peace and the Village of Hope, 1812-1889 / Albert Schrauwers. - 1 online resource (312 p.)
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780802067937 9781442671126
10.3138/9781442671126 doi
Christian communities--History--Ontario--Sharon--19th century.
Millennialism--History--Ontario--19th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General.
BX9999.S43
289.671