Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: religious communities compared to cohousing

[Fred H Olson (fholson]

Hans Tilstra <hans.tilstra [at] rmit.edu.au>
is the author of the message below.  It was posted by
Fred, the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] cohousing.org>
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The discussion of Christian cohousing communities raises an important
question of definitions
of what correlates with the definition & identity of cohousing.

Louise Meijering completed a thesis which includes a chapter on a typology
of intentional communities. Table 3.1 of chapter 3
http://dissertations.ub.rug.nl/FILES/faculties/rw/2006/l.meijering/c3.pdf
presents the concept of 'intentional communities' as the umbrella term,
and contrasts between religious communities and what I think is cohousing,
which is the practical type of intentional community.

regards,

Hans