Biography of john humphrey noyes

First Advisor

David A. Johnson

Degree Name

Master of Arts (M.A.) in History

Subjects

John Humphrey Noyes (1811-1886), Social reformers -- United States -- Biography

Physical Description

1 online resource (131 p.)

Abstract

John Humphrey Noyes was the founder of the Oneida Community, one of the most successful utopian ventures in nineteenth-century America.

Early in his life, Noyes was a deep religious thinker, but he founded Oneida as an ideal society based on extending the family unit, and not as a church.

Biography of john humphrey noyes

Noyes's social theories eventually overwhelmed his former religious concentration.

The purpose of this thesis is to locate in Noyes's religiously-oriented youth the sources of his social interests. Few scholars have studied in depth the childhood and young manhood of John Humphrey Noyes, but that is where the roots of his social theories are to be found.

Noyes did write his religious autobiography, but compl