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Article: Adin Ballou. Practical Christianity: an Epitome of Practical Christian Socialism.(Book Review)
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- Utopian Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 2003
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 Society for Utopian Studies. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Ed. and arr. Lynn Gordon Hughes. Providence: Blackstone Editions, 2002. 267 pp. $20.00 (paper).
THE GRAVES OF ADIN BALLOU (1803-1890) and his son, Adin Augustus Ballou, stand close by one another in Hopedale, Massachusetts, the Christian socialist community founded in 1842 by the elder Ballou and his associates. It is a remarkable place, still bearing the mark of its utopian origins. Though squarely rooted in the modern mechanical age, Hopedale--with its mix of agriculture and small-scale manufacturing--was modeled on the harmonious congregational socialism of the primitive Christian Church described in the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles, thus creating the ...
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