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General
CIRCLES OF STRENGTH. Ed. by Helen Forsey. New Society, 1993. 127p. Over 20 members of diverse communities share practical advice and inspiring visions of life.
Gish, Arthur. LIVING IN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY. Herald Pr., 1979.
Discusses religious basis of community; by an associate editor of The Other Side Magazine.
Palmer, Parker J. A PLACE CALLED COMMUNITY. Pendle Hill Pamphlet #212, 1977. An essay on what community is and is not, growing out of exeperience at Pendle Hill.
PUTTING POWER IN ITS PLACE: CREATE COMMUNITY CONTROL. Ed. by Christopher and Judith Plant. New Society, 1992. 137p.
Shaffer, Carolyn. CREATING COMMUNITY ANYWHERE: FINDING SUPPORT AND CONNECTION IN A FRAGMENTED WORLD. Putnam, 1993. 334p.
Snoek, J. Diedrick. HUNGER FOR COMMUNITY, AN ESSAY ON EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION FOR INTERPERSONAL LIVING. Pendle Hill Pamphlet #188.
Veysey, Laurence. THE COMMUNAL EXPERIENCE; ANARCHIST AND MYSTICAL COMMUNITIES IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICA. Chicago Univ., 1973.
Religious
Arnold, Eberhard and Emmy. SEEKING FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD: ORIGINS OF THE BRUDERHOF COMMUNITIES. Plough Pr., 1974.
Bloesch, Donald. CENTERS OF CHRISTIAN RENEWAL. United Church Pr., 1964. Brief studies of a variety of Protestant communities including Koinonia.
Calhoun, Donald. SPIRITUALITY AND COMMUNITY: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR. Schenkman, 1995. 187p., ill. (Quaker)
Cronk, Sandra L. GOSPEL ORDER: A QUAKER UNDERSTANDING OF FAITHFYUL CHURCH COMMUNITY. Pendle Hill Pamphlet #297, 1991. 48p. (Quaker)
Driver, John. COMMUNITY AND COMMITMENT. Herald Pr., 1976. The church lives as a community of sharing.
Fraser, Margaret. WIND AND FIRE. Basic Communities Resource Center, 1986. A survey and analysis of basic Christian communities in Europe.
Heeks, Peggy. REACHING TO COMMUNITY: A STORY OF TWELVE QUAKER MEETINGS. Joseph Rowntree, 1994. 80p. An in-depth look at the concerns and strengths of 12 English meetings. (Quaker)
Hug, James E., ed. TRACING THE SPIRIT: COMMUNITIES, SOCIAL ACTION, AND THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION. Paulist Pr., 1983. Surveys communities that are trying to integrate theological reflection into their work for social justice and peace.
Jackson, Dave. COMING TOGETHER: ALL THESE COMMINITIES AND WHAT THEY'RE UP TO. Bethany Fellowship, 1978. "The inside story of the growing network of Christian communities in America."
Kriyananda, Swami. COOPERATIVE COMMUNITIES: HOW TO START THEM, AND WHY. Ananda Pubs., 1968. How search for inner enlightenment led to creation of Ananda Cooperative Village, CA, by a yoga teacher.
Melendez, Guillermo. SEEDS OF PROMISE; THE PROPHETIC CHURCH IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Friendship Pr., 1990.
Mendenhall, Mildred. MONTEVERDE. Argenta Friends Press, 1995. 32 p. Memoir of on of the first settlers of Monteverde, the Quaker community in Costa Rica.
O'Connor, Elizabeth. THE NEW COMMUNITY: A PORTRAIT OF LIFE TOGETHER IN WORDS AND PICTURES. Harper/Row, 1976. A personal experience in Christian community.
O'Shea, Ursula Jane. LIVING THE WAY: QUAKER SPIRITUALITY AND COMMUNITY. Margaret Fell, 1993. 68p. (Quaker)
Publishers of Truth. FAITH AND PRACTICE OF A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY: THE TESTIMONY OF PUBLISHERS OF TRUTH, 1980. (Quaker)
Schutz, Roger. NO GREATER LOVE: SOURCES OF TAIZE. Liturgical Press, 1990. 88p.
Society of Brothers. CHILDREN IN COMMUNITY. 1963. An illustrated discussion of the lives of children in the Bruderhof.
SEEKING THE BLESSED COMMUNITY: A HISTORY OF CANADIAN YOUNG FRIENDS 1875-1996. Canadian Yearly Meeting, 1997. 89 p. (Quaker)
Smith, Luther E. INTIMACY & MISSION: INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY AS CRUCIBLE FOR RADICAL DISCIPLESHIP. Foreword by Jim Wallis. Herald Press, 1994. 187 p.
Swandler, Mary. OUT OF THIS WORLD: A JOURNEY OF HEALING. Penguin, 1997. 276p. Story of a woman’s life among the Amish in Iowa.
Whitney, Norman J. EXPERIMENTS IN COMMUNITY: EPHRATA, THE AMISH, THE DOUKHOBORS, THE SHAKERS, THE BRUDERHOF, MONTEVERDE. Pendle Hill Pamphlet #149. Introduction by Howard Brinton.
Secular
Best, James S. ANOTHER WAY TO LIVE: EXPERIENCING INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY. Pendle Hill Pamphlet #218, 1978. Movement for a New Society/Life Center in Philadelphia.
Blum, Fred H. WORK AND COMMUNITY: THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH AND THE QUEST FOR A NEW SOCIAL ORDER. London, 1968. Detailed study of an attempt to apply Christian social witness to the industrial work world.
COMMUNITIES: JOURNAL OF COOPERATIVE LIVING. #27, July/August, 1977. Special issue on Movement for a New Society, published by the Twin Oaks Community.
Coover, Virginia. RESOURCE MANUAL FOR A LIVING REVOLUTION. New Society, 1977. Includes chapter on communities.
Engwicht, David. RECLAIMING OUR CITIES AND TOWNS: BETTER LIVING WITH LESS TRAFFIC. New Society, 1993. 190 p.
A GUIDE TO COOPERATIVE ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, SOCIAL CHANGE, WELLBEING, APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY, NETWORKING AND ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE HOPEFUL IN AMERICA, INCLUDING A DIRECTORY OF INTENTIONAL COMMUNITIES, 1979.
Hedgepeth, William. THE ALTERNATIVE: COMMUNAL LIFE IN NEW AMERICA. Collier, 1970. Illustrated description of rural communes in the 1960's.
Houriet, Robert. GETTING BACK TOGETHER. Coward McCann and Geohegan, 1971. A tour of the commune scene in America in the 1960's.
Kinkade, Kathleen. A WALDEN TWO EXPERIMENT: THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF TWIN OAKS COMMUNITY. Morrow, 1973. Down-to-earth chronicle of commune influenced by B.F. Skinner's Walden Two.
Lipnack, Jessica. NETWORKING: FIRST REPORT AND DIRECTORY. Doubleday, 1982. People connecting with people, linking ideas and resources. Includes a chapter on communities and cooperatives.
McLaughlin, Corinne. BUILDERS OF THE DAWN. Stillpoint, 1987. An overview of community styles.
Morrison, Roy. WE BUILD THE ROAD AS WE TRAVEL. New Society, 1991. 278p., illus. Story of the Mondragon cooperative movement in Spain.
NO BOSSES HERE! A MANUAL ON WORKING COLLECTIVELY AND COOPERATIVELY. Vocations for Social Change, 1981. 115p. Well written little "how to" book.
Peck, M. Scott. THE DIFFERENT DRUM. Simon and Schuster, 1987. Very popular book which brings out the connections between individual growth, small-group community and global community.
Popenoe, Oliver. SEEDS OF TOMORROW: NEW AGE COMMUNITIES THAT WORK. Harper & Row, 1984. Analyzes a wide range of communities.
PUTTING POWER IN ITS PLACE: CREATE COMMUNITY CONTROL. Edited by Christopher and Judith Plant. New Society, 1992. 137 p.
Newsletters
COMMUNITY SERVICES NEWSLETTER. Yellow Springs, Ohio. Little newsletter on intentional communities with a Quaker editor and articles with substantial Quaker input. Library has most issues from 1984-1995.
PASTORAL CARE NEWSLETTER: FOR OVERSEERS AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING. Family Relations Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Published quarterly, started in 1993. (Quaker)
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