Sex and Sects: the Story of Mormon Polygamy, Shaker Celibacy, and Oneida Complex Marriage
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Description
"Sex and Sects tells the story of three religiously inspired sexual innovations in America--Shaker celibacy, Mormon polygamy, and the Oneida Community's free love. It explores why these bold experiments rose and then fell primarily over the course of the nineteenth century and almost exclusively within the confines of the new American republic. Rather than view them through a social-scientific lens, Sex and Sects traces their fascinating shared trajectory as they emerged, struggled, institutionalized, and declined in tandem"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN
0813947073, 9780813947075
Publication Date
2022
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
City
Charlottesville
Keywords
Shakers, Oneida, Sex, Church History
Disciplines
Religion
Recommended Citation
Davenport, Stewart, "Sex and Sects: the Story of Mormon Polygamy, Shaker Celibacy, and Oneida Complex Marriage" (2022). Faculty Books. 318.
https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/facultybooks/318