God's Government Begun

The Society For Universal Inquiry And Reform, 1842--1846

BY THOMAS HAMM

Brief Description:
Growing out of the radical fringes of the abolitionist movement, the Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform set out to found a new social order based on the principles of nonresistance. The Society founded eight utopian communities, which, though short-lived, were the setting for the most radical questioning of antebellum American society. The members of the Society renounced all forms of coercive relationships. They attempted to live without government or private property and to model new visions of work, education, religion, economics, women's rights and roles, and community. This book tells the story of their attempt to transform the world and begin the "Government of God."

Indiana Univ Press 1995 344 PP. Cloth

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