First of all reading Thomas Moore’s Utopia informs a lot of how I understand what an earlier view of utopia in history sounds like rather than a more modern one. I am able to see Oneida as a further version of what Moore imagined. Moreover, the s…
My research addresses the problem of Utopia in a myriad of ways. Beginning with the book New Heaven, New Earth we see that for an intentional community to be successful a prophet is actually necessary and there a little examples that prove otherwise. T…
From the primary sources, I can see that the average person of Oneida dealt with significant stress of daily life before they came to the community. To them Oneida wasn’t a utopia, it was how a community should be. They were all ready predisposed…
My research can be organised in a logical way that is not just chronological. I start with a broad look at Millenium movements in the 19th century through the book New Heaven, New Earth. This is the logical place to start as it puts Oneida in a histori…
What interests me about the Oneida community and utopian communities as a whole, is that the failures of each demonstrate the limits of putting restrictions on individuals. As in my topic, the limit on marriage had a significant impact on the longevity…
My research is now centered around how Noyes was able to interpret Christianity and how subsequently this understanding was then prefaced into practises at Oneida. This to me is an interesting topic because it shows how religion affects our world view….
A lot of my research has helped me explore my interests and meander between topics. After reading the first Foster source I really enjoyed the style of writing and so I sought out another source from Foster entitled Free Love and Feminism. This delved …
When I first came up with my initial research question, I began looking through the primary sources to see one that fits best. However, looking at the sources made me realize my initial question “how did Noyes’ idea of Heaven on Earth lead …
The Oneida community is fascinating! From reading only the Lawrence Foster source so far I have been able to extrapolate a lot of key information. I have begun to understand the multi-faced philosophy of Noyes. He saw our modern form of christianity en…
When reading about the Oneida community, I found the most interesting part to be the leader himself, John Humphrey Noyes. I find his thought process of attaining “perfectionism” in complete avoidance of sin interesting. Though, I did find h…