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In Wandering Souls, Rohrer examines the migration patterns of eight religious groups and finds that Protestant migrations consisted of two basic types. The most common type involved migrations motivated by religion, economics, and family, in which Puritans, Methodists, Moravians, and others headed to the frontier as individuals in search of religious and social fulfillment. The other type involved groups wanting to escape persecution (such as the Mormons) or to establish communities where they could practice their faith in peace (such as the Inspirationists). --from publisher description.
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The Community of True Inspiration, or Inspirationists, was one of the most successful religious communities in the United States. This collection offers a broad variety of Inspirationist texts, almost all of them translated from German and published here for the first time.
This book is a reference for botanists and horticulturalists, including an historic account of names and a comprehensive glossary.
Foerstner's collection offers a rare glimpse into the Amana Colonies, a utopian religious community of the 1890s. "Like a time machine, the photographs in "Picturing Utopia" carry us back to a wondrous Iowa experiment in creating a kinder, more spiritual way of life."--Jon Anderson, "Chicago Tribune." 81 photos.
In the year 1842 Wilhelm Noé along with Christian Metz, Dr. George Weber and Gottlieb Ackerman, undertook a journey to the United States in search of a new home for their church, the community of true inspiration. This search was prompted by repeated persecutions of the group by the authorities in their native Germany. The group had originated in 1714 and held amongst its beliefs the idea that God could communicate through certain persons known as 'Werkzuege". This belief was the man reason for the persecutions. Having heard of the religious freedom offered in the U.S. Members of the group were anxious to emigrate there. So it was that in September 1842 that Christian Metz the leader and We...