Awaiting the Millennium: The Children of Peace and the Village of Hope, 1812-1889 Contributor(s): Schrauwers, Albert (Author) |
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ISBN: 080206793X ISBN-13: 9780802067937 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1993 |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Denominations |
Dewey: 289.9 |
Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.4" W x 9.01" (1.09 lbs) 312 pages |
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Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schrauwers, Albert: - Albert Schrauwers is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at York University. |