The Ephrata Commune: An Early American Counterculture

Author/Contributor(s):	Alderfer, E G
Publisher:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Date:	10/28/1985
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Tells of the founding and subsequent history of Ephrata, a mystical religious community that flourished in eastern Pennsylvania in the mid-eighteenth century. Its leader, Conrad Beissel, a German Pietist who came to America in 1720 seeking spiritual peace and solitude. Settled in Lancaster County, his talents and charisma attracted other German settlers who shared his vision of a community built in the image of apostolic Christianity.