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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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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 22/10/1997
      ISBN13: 9780253333155, 978-0253333155
      ISBN10: 0253333156
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      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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