Title
Shakers, Mormons, and Religious Worlds: Conflicting Visions, Contested Boundaries
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Description
Among America's more interesting new religious movements, the Shakers and the Mormons came to be thought of as separate and distinct from mainstream Protestantism. Using archives and historical materials from the 19th century, Stephen C. Taysom shows how these groups actively maintained boundaries and created their own thriving, but insular communities. Taysom discovers a core of innovation deployed by both the Shakers and the Mormons through which they embraced their status as outsiders. Their marginalization was critical to their initial success. As he skillfully negotiates the differences between Shakers and Mormons, Taysom illuminates the characteristics which set these groups apart and helped them to become true religious dissenters.
ISBN
0253355400
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press
City
Bloomington
Keywords
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Mormon church, history, religion, doctrines, Shakers, United States, 19th century
Disciplines
Christian Denominations and Sects | Comparative Methodologies and Theories | History of Christianity | Mormon Studies
Recommended Citation
Taysom, Stephen, "Shakers, Mormons, and Religious Worlds: Conflicting Visions, Contested Boundaries" (2010). Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Books. 5.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clphil_bks/5
