Utopian Communities: Survival of Old Order Hutterite, Amish and Mennonite groups
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2011
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SC: CreateSpace
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English
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Religion, Sects, Communities, Amish
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Hamel, Elsie W. Utopian Communities: Survival of Old Order Hutterite, Amish and Mennonite groups. [North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2011]. Includes discussion of some fictional utopias.
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This study is a comprehensive review of religious and secular utopian sects to determine why three Old Order Anabaptist groups have survived for four centuries and have thrived into the twenty- first century when hundreds of sects have failed. Utopian theory provides a background to elucidate the reasons why many people were attracted to these communities.