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Snow Hill

In the Shadows of the Ephrata Cloister

by Denise A. Seachrist

  • Hardback
  • 288 pages
  • Publisher: Kent State University Press
  • 16.2 x 23.3 x 2.1 cm

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During the first half of the eighteenth century, Pennsylvania became home to a variety of German-speaking sectarians who rebelled against the oppression of European state-church establishments and migrated to the United States to form their own communions. One such group was the Snow Hill Cloister, which was founded in 1762 as an attempt to continue the monastic, communal lifestyle practiced at Georg Conrad Beissel's famed Ephrata Cloister. In an engaging narrative that chronicles with humor and insight her research into this fascinating community of German Seventh-Day Baptists, Denise A. Seachrist tells the story of Snow Hill--its spiritual and work life; its music, writings, architecture, and crafts tradition; and its sad demise in the waning days of the twentieth century. A product of in situ fieldwork that explores the places and personalities behind the founding and prosperity and demise of the cloister, Snow Hill is a long-overdue study of one of America's "experiments" in communal living. It speaks to another time and place and stands as a testament to the idealism of community and the tenaciousness of the human spirit. Those interested in American religious history, communal studies, Pennsylvania German history, and historic preservation will find Snow Hill engrossing and informative.
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  • Author

    Denise A. Seachrist

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Kent State University Press

  • Published

    November 2010

  • Weight

    459g

  • Page Count

    288

  • Dimensions

    16.2 x 23.3 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781606350652

  • ISBN-10

    160635065X

  • Eden Code

    3583681

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