Amana Society communal system

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Christian communal movement intentional community religious communal society

The Amana Society communal system was a 19th- and early 20th-century religious communal society in Iowa, known for its shared property, cooperative economy, and pietist Christian lifestyle across several villages including Middle Amana.

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Amana communal society 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian communal movement ⓘ
intentional community ⓘ
religious communal society ⓘ
corePractice communal dining ⓘ
communal labor ⓘ
religious devotion ⓘ
shared property ⓘ
simple lifestyle ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
discouraged individual accumulation of wealth ⓘ
worldly entertainment ⓘ
economicModel cooperative economy ⓘ
economyIncluded agriculture ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
furniture making ⓘ
milling ⓘ
textile manufacturing ⓘ
emphasis Bible study ⓘ
moral discipline ⓘ
prayer meetings ⓘ
feature centralized economic planning ⓘ
regulated work assignments ⓘ
religious communal living ⓘ
separation from wider society ⓘ
foundedBy Community of True Inspiration NERFINISHED ⓘ
governance elders and trustees ⓘ
hasLanguage German NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVillage East Amana NERFINISHED ⓘ
High Amana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Homestead ⓘ
Main Amana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Amana NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Amana NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Amana NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology pietist Christian lifestyle ⓘ
influenced later intentional communities in North America ⓘ
locatedIn Amana Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor long-lived communal economy in the United States ⓘ
originatedFrom Community of True Inspiration NERFINISHED ⓘ
propertySystem communal ownership of property ⓘ
relatedTo Amana Colonies National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Pietism NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
state Iowa ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
transitionedTo joint-stock corporate structure in the 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle Amana, Iowa → partOf → Amana Society communal system ⓘ
West Amana, Iowa → isPartOfCommunalSettlementTradition → Amana Society communal system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amana communal society