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The Other Side of Salvation
John Benedict Buescher
其他書名
Spiritualism and the Nineteenth-century Religious Experience
出版Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, 2004
主題History / United States / 19th CenturyBody, Mind & Spirit / SpiritualismReligion / HistoryReligion / Spirituality
ISBN15589644879781558964488
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QgbTzUrblBcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋During the 1850s, a surprising number of Americans believed that the spirits of the deceased could be contacted through trance mediums and seances. Many of the radical leaders of the anti-slavery movement, women's rights, the temperance movement, prison reform and labor reform were involved in spiritualism. Among the liberal religious denominations, Universalism was the one most affected by this movement. This amazing chapter in American religious history present a vast array of characters -- visionaries; prophets and inventors; pioneers in psychic healing and public lecturers who took to the podium, while in trance, to deliver communications from the spirits and to simultaneously agitate for reforms in society. Drawing from journals, newspapers, manuscripts and the personal papers of spiritualists and their opponents, The Other Side of Salvation is a fascinating read for anyone interested in America's religious history. Book jacket.