Considered an inspirated instrument of God by his followers, Christian Metz organized the scattered elements of a dying eighteen century sect, led the relocation of 800 of the faithful to a new home in New York state in 1842 - 1944 and, finally to Iowa in 1855. Under Metz's leadership, the Inspirationists established a communal system that endured, largely unchanged for nearly ninety years and proved to be one of the most successful and longest lived of the over 250 attempts at communal living undertaken in the United States during the nineteenth century. The community that Metz established reorganized in 1932 into separate religious and business institutions which, nearly a century and a half after his death, remain vital presences in the Amana Colony and larger easter Iowa communities. The members of the Amana Church Society continue to sing many of the Hymns and read from over 3,000 testimonies that Metz delivered over a period of nearly fifty years of leadership.
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The life of the early founder of Amana,
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F. Alan DuVal's CHRISTIAN METZ: GERMAN-AMERICN RELIGIOUS LEADER & PIONEER surveys the life and influence of the early founder of Amana, who created the Community of True Inspriation, a Pietist sect that founded by the Amana Society in Iowa in 1855. The Amana Colonies still stand today: F. Alan DuVal produced a doctoral dissertation on the man's life and meaning in 1948, and Peter Hoehnle edits the biography for modern readers.
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Christian Metz was born on December 30, 1793, in Neuwied, Prussia, a small city located on the Rhein River near Koblenz. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Barbara Heinemann, Christian Metz, Barbara Landmann, Ogden Company, Carl Winzenried, Iowa City, Peter Mook, Iowa River, Ober Ebenezer, Carl Mayer, Canada Ebenezer, Chautauqua County, Mittel Ebenezer, Nieder Ebenezer, Charles Journeycake, Conrad Rensch, Historische Beschreibung, Phillip Dorsheimer, Rentamtmann Fabricius New!
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Christian Metz was born on December 30, 1793, in Neuwied, Prussia, a small city located on the Rhein River near Koblenz. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first elder, true inspiration Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Barbara Heinemann, Christian Metz, Barbara Landmann, Ogden Company, Carl Winzenried, Iowa City, Peter Mook, Iowa River, Ober Ebenezer, Carl Mayer, Canada Ebenezer, Chautauqua County, Mittel Ebenezer, Nieder Ebenezer, Charles Journeycake, Conrad Rensch, Historische Beschreibung, Phillip Dorsheimer, Rentamtmann Fabricius New!
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- Amana That Was and Amana That Is by Bertha Shambaugh in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The United States (Bright Ideas) on page 96
- Historical Collections Of Ohio (2 Volumes) by Henry Howe on page 47
- Principles and Practice of Medicine by A.McGehee Harvey in Back Matter
- Kolonie-Deutsch: Life Language-93 by Philip Webber on 5 pages
- Amana People: History of a Religious Community by Peter Hoehnle on page 27, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Visiting Utopian Communities: A Guide to the Shakers, Moravians, and Others by Gerald Lee Gutek in Back Matter
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