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Gregory, Christopher William. "Perpetual Purification and Developing Sense of Self: The Evolving Theology and Person of Adin Ballou," Saint Louis University, May 1990.
Adin Ballou (1803-1890) was a Universalist minister who, seeking to purify his theology and, hence, himself, created his own religion, Practical Christianity. The manifestation of this faith, whose main tenets were Christian non-resistance (a form of pacifism) and social reform, resulted in the Hopedale Community in Massachusetts (1841-1856). Through consideration of Ballou’s abundant writings and the social/theological atmosphere of the American 1800s, this disserttion explores how Ballou’s personal and theological missions became intertwined such that his actions were a manifestation of both himself and his refined theological beliefs.
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