This research studies the nature of theological space and its production by examining the spatial... more This research studies the nature of theological space and its production by examining the spatial practices of the religious sect known as the Shakers as they existed in the nineteenth century. This millennial sect worked to establish heaven on earth, building nineteen communities across the northeastern and Midwestern United States according to the precepts of the Shaker theology. Their theology was centered in their belief that the Shaker villages would be the locus of God's kingdom on earth. The Shakers produced their space by regulating the appearance of the villages -by conforming the village layout and architecture to the precepts of their theology and by reinforcing the tenets of their theology by restricting contact between the sect's members and citizens of the world at large.
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