{"product_id":"awaiting-the-millennium-1","title":"Awaiting the Millennium","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a small town north of Toronto there stands a beautiful and unusual church, well known locally as the Sharon Temple. It is the last remaining evidence of a nineteenth-century Quaker sect, the Children of Peace, one of the few exmaples of a millennarian movement in Canada. Albert Schrauwers explores the history of this intriguing group, which rebuilt Solomon's Temple and prophesied the coming of a Jewish Messiah who would abolish British colonial rule.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSchrauwers discusses the social, political, economic, and theological context in which the Children of Peace were established and, for a time, flourished. He identifies three main periods in the development of the sect: their initial break with the Quakers during the War of 1812; their reorganization following completion of the temple in 1832; and their final reorganization following the Rebellion of 1837.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing assessment rolls and a careful analysis of relations of production, he shows how material factors influences the political process by which the sect decided what was sacred and what was not. Ultimately he provides a detailed portrait of a remarkable group of people and the times in which they lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Albert Schrauwers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53617613275516,"sku":"9781442671126","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442671126.jpg?v=1731031050","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/awaiting-the-millennium-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}