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Book Synopsis
Analyzes the attempt by spiritually restless Americans of the 1840s and 1850s to negotiate a satisfying combination of freedom and authority as they sought a sense of harmony with the universe.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein
1. Introduction: Spiritualist Religion and the Search for Order
2. American Spiritualism and the Swedenborgian Order
3. Spiritualist Republicanism
4. The Structure of the Spirit World
5. The Ministry of Spirits
6. The Structure of Spiritualist Practice
7. The Structure of Spiritualist Society
Conclusion
Notes
List of Abbreviations
Bibliography
Index

Spiritualism in Antebellum America

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    Publisher: Indiana University Press
    Publication Date: 22/10/1997
    ISBN13: 9780253333155, 978-0253333155
    ISBN10: 0253333156
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    History of the Americas Religion and beliefs

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Analyzes the attempt by spiritually restless Americans of the 1840s and 1850s to negotiate a satisfying combination of freedom and authority as they sought a sense of harmony with the universe.

    Table of Contents

    List of Illustrations
    Acknowledgments
    Foreword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein
    1. Introduction: Spiritualist Religion and the Search for Order
    2. American Spiritualism and the Swedenborgian Order
    3. Spiritualist Republicanism
    4. The Structure of the Spirit World
    5. The Ministry of Spirits
    6. The Structure of Spiritualist Practice
    7. The Structure of Spiritualist Society
    Conclusion
    Notes
    List of Abbreviations
    Bibliography
    Index

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