Communal Societies and New Religious Movements

by Cheryl Coulthard

Popular understanding of communal societies tends to focus on the 1960s hippie colonies and ignores the rich and long history of communalism in the United States. This Element corrects that misperception by exploring the synergy between new religious movements and communal living, including the benefits and challenges that grow out of this connection. It introduces definitions of key terms and vocabulary in the fields of new religious movements and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009357387
• ISBN13: 9781009357388
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"