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This is a list of intentional communities. An intentional community is a planned residential community designed from the start to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, or spiritual vision and often follow an alternative lifestyle.
The Communities Directory, A Comprehensive Guide to Intentional Community provides listing of intentional communities primarily from North America but also from around the world. The Communities Directory has both an online [ 1 ] and a print edition, [ 2 ] which is published based on data from the website.
Sunward is situated on 20 acres (eight hectares) of land with 10-acre (40,000 m 2) mature oak and hickory woods contains paths, a nature study area, hidden hammocks, and rolling hills, and it forms a large, common "backyard" to the north of the tightly clustered homes.
The Bruderhof is an intentional community as defined by the Fellowship for Intentional Community. [3] The communities are best known by the name "Bruderhof" or sometimes "Bruderhof Communities", although "Bruderhof" is the name used on their website. The communities are legally incorporated in the US as Church Communities International.
The Foundation for Intentional Community (FIC), formerly the Fellowship of Intentional Communities then the Fellowship for Intentional Community, provides publications, referrals, support services, and "sharing opportunities" for a wide range of intentional communities including: cohousing groups, community land trusts, communal societies, class-harmony communities, housing cooperatives ...
An art colony founded as a Georgist single-tax art community. Zion, Illinois: Illinois John Alexander Dowie: 1900 1907 A Utopian Christian religious community, reorganized following fraud allegations and founder's death into modern city. Equality Colony: Washington Norman W. Lermond Ed Pelton 1900 1907 Socialist Colony Freeland Association ...
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community designed to foster a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork. [1] [2] [3] Members typically unite around shared values, beliefs, or a common vision, which may be political, religious, spiritual, or simply focused on the practical benefits of cooperation and mutual support.
People of Praise is a network of lay Christian intentional communities. [1] [2] As a parachurch apostolate, membership is open to any baptized Christian who affirms the Nicene Creed and agrees to the community's covenant. The majority of its members are Catholics, but Protestants can also join, reflecting the ecumenical nature of People of Praise.