Who would not want to live in a perfect society? In other words, a society in which man has reached such perfection that he is able to build a social system based on justice, reason, and unity. Utopian societies have been an integral part of the human imagination for thousands of years. However, it was not until the late eighteenth century that people began to act seriously on utopian impulses. It is the purpose of this paper to explore and briefly examine man’s attempt to achieve perfection, by focusing primarily on the Mormon faith and how successful these people were, in gaining their desired goal of utopia.
The Mormons came about in 1830; they were one of many sects created in the beginning of the nineteenth century. The birth of Mormonism centered on Josep
In conclusion, this paper has briefly explored one group’s attempt in successfully achieving utopia while examining their struggles in trying to maintain and preserve their way of life. Today the Mormon Church has seven million members and it is considered one of the world’s fastest growing religions, due to its idealistic beliefs of perfection.
In Ohio and Missouri, they built enormous temples, they set up a cohesive and self economically government. They were a people set apart. In 1833, Missouri neighbors attacked the settlement, and their other settlement in Ohio. The Mormons then decided that it was time to set out and find a new community in Illinois. In Illinois, they established their very own court system and government, by 1844 they were they large
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