Book Summary
Among America's more interesting new religious movements, the Shakers andthe Mormons came to be thought of as separate and distinct from mainstreamProtestantism. Using archives and historical materials from the 19th century, Stephen C. Taysom shows how these groups actively maintained boundaries and createdtheir own thriving, but insular communities. Taysom discovers a core of innovationdeployed by both the Shakers and the Mormons through which they embraced theirstatus as outsiders. Their marginalization was critical to their initial success. Ashe skillfully negotiates the differences between Shakers and Mormons, Taysomilluminates the characteristics which set these groups apart and helped them tobecome true religious dissenters.
Book Details
| Book Name | Shakers, Mormons, And Religious Worlds: Conflicting Visions, Contested Boundaries |
| Author | Stephen C. Taysom |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (Nov 2010) |
| ISBN | 9780253355409 |
| Pages | 259 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1866 |
