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Early Mormon communitarianism
Mormonism and American culture • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: 37-58
By: Arrington, Leonard J..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work discusses attempts by the first Mormons to build a religious community based on the leveling and communitarian principles of consecration and stewardship, as originally revealed to Joseph Smith. All property was deeded to the Church in exchange for a grant based on the needs of each family. Such property became consecrated, deemed God's possessions, including surplus that was redistributed according to need. The author reveals the difficulties in implementing the policy, and reasons for its eventual abandonment in 1838 when the community was forced to move for a third time, to Illinois. For references cited see Hill and Allen (1972 “Selected bibliography”).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Comparative evidence
- History
- Cultural goals
- Property system
- Real property
- Cooperative organization
- Revelation and divination
- Congregations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Mormons
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Indigenous Person
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin; Martin Malone; 1978. Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1831-1841
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ohio, Missouri and Illinios, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Leonard J. Arrington
- For bibliographical references see document 95
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 72082900
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Mormons