The Oneida Community
Did the Oneida community's quest for heavenly unity on earth fruitful?
4.3 (25)
34 mins
Discover the ambitious vision of the Oneida Community, where spiritual ideals inspired a unique social experiment in complex marriage, communal ownership, and mutual growth. Delve into the community’s legacy of faith, controversy, and transformation.
Ep 1:
How Did the 'Ascending Fellowship' Help Regulate Sexual Urges Within the Oneida Community?
Ep 2:
What Was the Male Continence Practice Employed By the Oneida Community?
Ep 3:
How Did the Oneida Community Introduce Mutual Criticism to Replace Backbiting?
Ep 4:
How Did the Oneida Community Justify Complex Marriages?
Ep 5:
What Was Noyes’ Theory of Magnetism and Its Role at the Oneida Community?
Ep 6:
How Did the Oneida Community Balance Spiritual Purity with Local Engagement?
Ep 7:
How Did the Oneida Community Select Couples for Its 'Stirpiculture' Experiment?
Ep 8:
How Did the Oneida Community Function Post-Noyes' Death?
Ep 9:
How Did the Oneida Community Address Gender Equality Despite Its Challenges?
Discussions (11)
Ross
Level 7 · 10 mo agoNoyes inventing 'spiritual collapse' to ban young love was just a way to enforce a sexual hierarchy that reserved the teenage girls for himself.
Simon
Level 10 · 10 mo agosilverware arc is ass
Emile
Level 2 · 10 mo agoThe fact that they pivoted from a eugenics sex cult to selling silverware is hilarious lmao. Imagine buying forks and finding out the founder was fleeing statutory rape charges in Canada 😭
