Community of True Inspiration

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The Community of True Inspiration was a 19th-century German pietist religious movement that emigrated to the United States and became best known for establishing the communal Amana Colonies in Iowa.

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Community of True Inspiration canonical 20

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pietist group ⓘ
religious movement ⓘ
bestKnownFor founding the Amana Colonies ⓘ
coreBelief direct inspiration of the Holy Spirit ⓘ
obedience to inspired leaders ⓘ
separation from the world ⓘ
simple Christian living ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
differentiatedFrom mainstream Lutheran churches ⓘ
state churches in Germany ⓘ
economicBase agriculture ⓘ
crafts ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
emigratedTo United States ⓘ
foundedColony Amana Colonies ⓘ
East Amana ⓘ
High Amana ⓘ
Homestead ⓘ
Middle Amana ⓘ
Old Amana ⓘ
South Amana ⓘ
West Amana ⓘ
foundedInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
governedBy spiritual elders ⓘ
temporal elders ⓘ
hasCharacteristic charismatic leadership ⓘ
communal living ⓘ
religious separatism ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of German-American religious utopianism ⓘ
major 19th-century American communal society ⓘ
initialUSSettlement New York ⓘ
inspiredBy Lutheran Pietism ⓘ
linked to: Pietism

Radical Pietism ⓘ
languageOfWorship German ⓘ
laterUSSettlement Iowa County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
migratedFrom Hesse ⓘ
Württemberg ⓘ
other German states ⓘ
movementType German Pietism ⓘ
organizationalForm theocratic communal society ⓘ
practiced communal ownership of property ⓘ
community of goods ⓘ
religious communalism ⓘ
relatedMovement Amana Society ⓘ
linked to: Amana Society, Inc.
relatedPlace Amana Colonies National Historic Landmark ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
settledIn Iowa ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amana Colonies → foundedBy → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Amana Colonies → religiousAffiliation → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
High Amana, Iowa → associatedWithReligion → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Amana Colonies Historic District → foundedBy → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Middle Amana, Iowa → associatedWithReligion → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
South Amana, Iowa → associatedWithReligion → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
West Amana, Iowa → hasReligiousHeritage → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Homestead, Iowa → associatedWithReligion → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Amana → foundedBy → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
East Amana → foundedBy → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
High Amana → followsReligiousTradition → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
High Amana → foundedBy → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Amana Society, Inc. → religiousTradition → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Amana, Iowa → religiousHeritage → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
West Amana → religiousTradition → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Middle Amana → religiousHeritage → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
South Amana → foundedBy → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Amana Society communal system → foundedBy → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Amana Society communal system → originatedFrom → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ
Amana Colonies, Iowa → foundedBy → Community of True Inspiration ⓘ