How does Hutterite common ownership of property work?

Hutterites live in intentional communities that practice a community of goods, meaning property and resources are shared collectively rather than owned individually. Rooted in the 16th-century Radical Reformation and the leadership of Jakob Hutter, this way of life has persisted through centuries of diaspora and migration. Today, roughly 50,000 Hutterites reside in colonies across Western Canada and the United States, maintaining their traditional communal lifestyle.

What we know

• Hutterites form intentional communities based on a community of goods and nonresistance, which trace their roots to the Radical Reformation. [2, 3]
• The founder Jakob Hutter established the first Hutterite communes in Tyrol in 1528 using the Schleitheim Confession. [2]
• The population living in Hutterite communities of goods has recovered from about 400 to around 50,000 over the course of 140 years. [2]
• Almost all Hutterites currently live in Western Canada, the upper Great Plains of the United States, central Washington State, and northern Oregon. [2]

Where to go next

• whoWho was Jakob Hutter?
• the bigger pictureWhat is an intentional community?
• a case in pointWhere is the Bon Homme Hutterite Colony located?
• what caused itHow did the Radical Reformation shape Anabaptism?
• how we knowWhat was the 1964 film The Hutterites about?
• an unexpected connectionHow does a 1964 documentary connect to Hutterite history?The National Film Board of Canada produced the film specifically to help calm anti-Hutterite tensions in Alberta.

Sources

• [1]Hutterite (Wikidata Q258344) · CC0 1.0
• [2]Hutterites · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [3]Intentional community · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [4]The Hutterites · CC BY-SA 4.0
• [5]Bon Homme Hutterite Colony · CC BY-SA 4.0

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