| Description |
1 online resource (327 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Photographs -- 1. The Yonge Street Settlement -- The Society of Friends -- Quakerism and the State -- The Yonge Street Monthly Meeting -- A Shared Culture? -- 2. The Separation of the Children of Peace -- David Willson's Ministry -- David Willson's Heresy -- The Schism -- Yonge Street -- 3. Organization -- Egalitarianism, Honour, and Status -- Crisis -- The Pattern of Discontent -- The New Discipline -- 4. At Home and Abroad -- The Village of Hope -- A Village Like Any Other? -- An Itinerant Sect -- 5. Market and Moral Economies -- The Annual Reproduction of the Household -- The Cyclical Reproduction of Households -- Strategizing Individuals in a Moral Economy -- 6. Ornamenting the Christian Church -- Ornamenting the Church -- 'An Irreconcilable Difference' -- The Basis for Consensus -- 7. The Millennial Kingdom -- The Inner Light and Religious Authority -- Church and State -- The Millennial Kingdom -- What Makes a Millenarian Movement? -- 8. Upper Canadian Politics and the Rebellion of 1837 -- Politics and Patronage -- Evangelists or Politicians? -- Rebellion? -- 9. Aftermath -- 'Bleeding with the Wounds' -- Church and State -- A Church Like Any Other -- 10. The Children of Peace in Theoretical and Historical Perspective -- Theoretical Considerations -- Awakenings and Conflict -- Rural Millenarianism -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendixes -- 1. Active Members of the Yonge Street Monthly Meeting -- 2. Disownments from the Yonge Street Monthly Meeting -- 3. The 'Builders of the Temple' -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z |
| Summary |
Schrauwers discusses the social, political, economic, and theological context in which the Children of Peace were established and, for a time, flourished |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Willson, David, 1778-1866.
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| SUBJECT |
Willson, David, 1778-1866 fast |
| Subject |
Children of Peace -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Children of Peace fast |
| Subject |
Millennialism -- Ontario -- History -- 19th century
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Millennialism
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| SUBJECT |
Ontario -- Church history -- 19th century
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| Subject |
Ontario
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442671126 |
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1442671122 |
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