The Communal Studies Association (https://communalstudies.org) publishes a scholarly journal twice yearly (spring and fall) containing peer-reviewed articles on communal groups past and present, with an emphasis on those in the United States. Reviews of relevant books and other publications are included. The print copy of journal is available as part of a CSA membership, by subscription, or from our online store (https://communalstudies.org/journal).
Current Issue: Volume 44, Number 2 (2024)
Table of Contents
From the Editors
From the Editors
Heather Van Wormer and Cheryl Coulthard
Articles
Counting the Cost: Shaker Celibacy
Mary Ann Haagen
Book Reviews
Review of Christoph Weber: Redware Potter of the Harmony Society
Christoper Malone
Review of Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
Jeremy E. C. Genovese
Review of The Mental Mechanism of Dr. Sivartha
Mitchell K. Jones
Review of The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune
Susan Love Brown
Review of Unholy Sensations: A Story of Sex, Scandal and California’s First Cult Scare
Stephen Lloyd Moffat
Essay
Before Living the Good Life: Scott Nearing’s Unpublished Novel Arden Town
Jeremy E. C. Genovese
Front Matter
Back Matter