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Set against the backdrop of a tumultuous 19th-century America, the narrative explores the clash between puritanical values and radical communal living. John W. Mears, a philosophy professor and Presbyterian minister, takes on the challenge posed by the Oneida Community, founded by John Humphrey Noyes, which practiced "complex marriage." Mears leads a determined effort to combat the community's controversial lifestyle, rallying religious and academic leaders in a campaign to confront what he sees as a moral threat to the nation.
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Ministers' War, Michael Doyle
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- Released
- 2018
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- Title
- Ministers' War
- Subtitle
- John W. Mears, the Oneida Community, and the Crusade for Public Morality
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michael Doyle
- Publisher
- Syracuse University
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN13
- 9780815635765
- Category
- World history, Geography / Topography
- Description
- Set against the backdrop of a tumultuous 19th-century America, the narrative explores the clash between puritanical values and radical communal living. John W. Mears, a philosophy professor and Presbyterian minister, takes on the challenge posed by the Oneida Community, founded by John Humphrey Noyes, which practiced "complex marriage." Mears leads a determined effort to combat the community's controversial lifestyle, rallying religious and academic leaders in a campaign to confront what he sees as a moral threat to the nation.