- Perfectionist movement
The Oneida Community in central
New York state was founded in1848 byJohn Humphrey Noyes . Noyes advanced hissocial theory and philosophy which he termed "Perfectionism." Critics of theideology would refer to the Perfectionists as "Noyesians."This was a Christian
sect with socialist overtones. Noyes challenged accepted notions of a family structure. Subscribers to the Perfectionistparadigm were each to be married to every other member of the opposite sex. Housing, work and finances were also communally operated and shared.Western New York state has been host to ideological movements that embraced
Utopia n idealism, for example theLily Dale spiritualist assembly.See also: The Oneida Community
References
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Maren Lockwood Carden , "Oneida: Utopian Community to Modern Corporation", Syracuse University Press, 1998
*Richard Demaria , "Communal Love at Oneida : A Perfectionist Vision of Authority, Property and Sexual Order "(Texts and Studies in Religion Series Vol. 2), Edwin Mellen Press, 1984
*Lawrence Foster , "Religion and Sexuality", University of Illinois Press, 1984
*Ira Mandelker , "Religion, Society, and Utopia in Nineteenth-Century America", University of Massachusetts Press, August 1984
*John H. Noyes , "Mutual Criticism", Syracuse University Press, June 1975
*Pierrepont B. Noyes , "My Father's House : An Oneida Boyhood", Reprint Services, 1991
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