Zion City, Illinois

This in-depth look at Zion City is not a study of Dowie the man but of the greater Dowie era, with the city itself as the focus of the work.As Philip L. Cook seeks to discover 'why a Zion City?', he finds, 'In view of what our citizenry increasingly is calling a crisis in social needs and values, can a government really promote 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' in a culture that attempts to thrive on the freewheeling notion that 'anything goes?' The Zion utopia answered this question with a resounding 'No.''