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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Moyer, Paul Benjamin (1970-....)
Titre(s) : The Public Universal Friend [Texte imprimé] : Jemima Wilkinson and religious enthusiasm in revolutionary America / Paul B. Moyer
Publication : Ithaca (N. Y.) : Cornell University Press, 2015
Description matérielle : xii, 264 pages ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index
"In The Public Universal Friend, Paul B. Moyer tells the story of Wilkinson and her
remarkable church, the Society of Universal Friends. Wilkinson's message was a simple
one: humankind stood on the brink of the Apocalypse, but salvation was available to
all who accepted God's grace and the authority of his prophet: the Public Universal
Friend. Wilkinson preached widely in southern New England and Pennsylvania, attracted
hundreds of devoted followers, formed them into a religious sect, and, by the late
1780s, had led her converts to the backcountry of the newly formed United States,
where they established a religious community near present-day Penn Yan, New York.
Even this remote spot did not provide a safe haven for Wilkinson and her followers
as they awaited the Millennium. Disputes from within and without dogged the sect,
and many disciples drifted away or turned against the Friend. After Wilkinson's "second"
and final death in 1819, the Society rapidly fell into decline and, by the mid-nineteenth
century, ceased to exist. The prophet's ministry spanned the American Revolution and
shaped the nation's religious landscape during the unquiet interlude between the first
and second Great Awakenings."--Publisher's description
Sujet(s) : Wilkinson, Jemima (1752-1819)
Histoire religieuse -- États-Unis -- 18e siècle
Protestantisme -- États-Unis -- 18e siècle
États-Unis -- 1775-1783 (Révolution) -- Religion -- Églises protestantes
Indice(s) Dewey :
289.9 (23e éd.) = Confessions et sectes ne figurant pas ailleurs (christianisme)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780801454134. - ISBN 0801454131
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb457890722
Notice n° :
FRBNF45789072
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Genesis ; Numbers ; Revelation ; Chronicles ; Exodus ; Acts ; Judges.
