Economy, An Unique Community: (The Harmony Society)

By Agnes M Hays Gormly

Book Overview

On the banks of the Ohio, a German-speaking brotherhood built a thriving town devoted to faith, work, and song. Their quiet story still matters. In Economy, An Unique Community, Agnes M. Hays Gormly presents a finely observed communal society history book about the Harmony Society Economy PA settlement, one of the most enduring American utopian communes. With the clarity of a local eyewitness, she follows this German American religious commune from its origins in Europe, through its venture at the New Harmony Indiana settlement, to its disciplined life in western Pennsylvania. The narrative unfolds as religious utopian community history and as intimate portrait, revealing how a celibate, industrious, nineteenth century religious community fused spiritual conviction with economic cooperation in a distinctive 19th century Pennsylvania commune. Part Pennsylvania local history book, part meditation on belief and belonging, Gormly's account speaks both to the heart and to the historian's curiosity. It offers a grounded entry point into Christian communal living history, invaluable for local history readers and for communal studies students seeking to understand how faith-based societies actually worked on the ground. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354448364
• ISBN13: 9789354448362
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"