Item Detail
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29346
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5
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English
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The Mormon Quest for a Perfect Society at Lamoni, Iowa, 1870-1890
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The Annals of Iowa
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Spring 1984
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47
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4
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Iowa
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State Historical Society of Iowa
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325-342
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"Lamoni, a small agricultural community in southern Iowa, was the only town ever founded by the Mormon sect known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The town arose in the late nineteenth century as an expression of the quest for a perfect society that had long been part of the Mormon religion. Almost from the origin of their movement on April 6, 1830, the Mormons had believed that they were commissioned to help usher in the triumphal second coming and millennial reign of Christ by building a utopia worthy of his presence. Accordingly, during the 1830s and 1840s they had established Mormon communities that they believed would foster a new, righteous social order and prepare the earth for Christ's return. They built settlements at Kirtland, Ohio; Independence and Far West, Missouri; and Nauvoo, Illinois. But in each case the noble vision of zion dissolved in failure and disillusionment. The reasons for failure were complex but rested essentially on the unwillingness of the Saints to live under the strict community laws established by the prophet and on persecution by non-Mormons." [From the text]
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Building the City of God : Community and Cooperation among the Mormons
Early Mormon Communitarianism : The Law of Consecration and Stewardship
Quest for Empire : The Political Kingdom of God and the Council of Fifty in Mormon History
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints : Moderate Mormonism
The Development of Mormon Communitarianism, 1826-1846
The History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The Memoirs of President W. W. Blair
The United Order among the Mormons (Missouri Phase) : An Unfinished Experiment in Economic Organization