The Reluctant Radicals
Jacob Beilhart and the Spirit Fruit Society
James L. Murphy(Author)
University Press of America
Published on 12. June 1989
Book
Hardback
276 pages
978-0-8191-7423-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book details the little-known history of the remarkably successful intentional community, Spirit Fruit Society, shedding new light on the origins of the Society, particularly its relationship with cereal foods magnate Charles W. Post, as well as the history of the related Overbrook, Massachusetts Colony. Among similar small, radical charismatic communal Christian groups, the Spirit Fruit Society is remarkable for its relatively long life and the length of time it survived after the death of the founder, Jacob L. Beilhart (1867-1908). The Society espoused a passive acceptance of events, individual freedom, and a belief in Universal life; its tenets derived largely from Christian Science, Spiritualism, Theosophy, and Adventism. The group believed that mankind was still in the 'bud' stage and had yet to reach spiritual fruition. Includes the Beilhart Genealogy, Spirit Fruit Constitution and Regulations, and The Post Connection.
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...includes extensive details...and lengthy quotations from the sources...Three appendices include material on the Beilhart genealogy, the constitution and regulations of the Spirit Fruit Society, and the connection between Beilhart and Post. * Ohio History * ...it is good to have the information available not only to historians but to those living comunally today and tomorrow who want to see positive models of what community is all about. UTOPIAN STUDIESSSSS ...it is good to have the information available not only to historians but to those living comunally today and tomorrow who want to see positive models of what community is all about. UTOPIAN STUDIES ...includes extensive details...and lengthy quotations from the sources...Three appendices include material on the Beilhart genealogy, the constitution and regulations of the Spirit Fruit Society, and the connection between Beilhart and Post. * Ohio History *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Dimensions
Height: 223 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8191-7423-9 (9780819174239)
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James L. Murphy is Associate Professor, The Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio.