Camphill and the Ever-Changing Face of Intentional Community

The Camphill movement is one of the largest and most dynamic networks of intentional communities in the world today. Founded in 1939 by followers of the spiritual teacher Rudolf Steiner, Camphill includes more than one hundred communities on five continents, each offering a rich economic and cultural life to people with and without intellectual disabilities. Camphill is also a vivid illustration of John Humphrey Noyes's observation that successful communities must "combine and alternate thinking with experiment and practice, and constantly submit all theories . . . to the consuming ordeal of practical verification." In this presentation, Dan McKanan will explore the ongoing experimentation and constant change that have enabled Camphill to thrive for nearly a century. Dan McKanan is the Emerson Senior Lecturer at Harvard Divinity School, where he has taught since 2008.

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