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Auteur(s) : Clark, Emily Suzanne (1984-....). Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : A luminous brotherhood [Texte imprimé] : Afro-Creole Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans / Emily Suzanne Clark
Publication : Chapel Hill (N.C.) : University of North Carolina press, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII-265 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Afro-Creole Spiritualism in New Orleans ; The creation of the Cercle Harmonique ; The disharmony of New Orleans city life ; Spiritualism and Catholicism ; The spiritual republic and America's destiny ; The spiritual republic in the Atlantic Age of revolutions.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. [237]-258. Index
"In the midst of a nineteenth-century boom in spiritual experimentation, the Cercle
Harmonique, a remarkable group of African-descended men, practices Spiritualism in
heavily Catholic New Orleans from just before the Civil War to the end of Reconstruction.
In this first comprehensive history of the Cercle, Emily Suzanne Clark illuminates
how highly diverse religious practices wind in significant ways through American life,
culture, and history. Clark shows that the beliefs and practices of Spiritualism helped
Afro-Creoles mediate the political and social changes in New Orleans, as free blacks
suffered increasingly restrictive laws and then met with violent resistance to suffrage
and racial equality. Drawing on fascinating records of actual séance practices, the
lives of the mediums, and larger city-wide and national contexts, Clark reveals how
the messages that the Cercle received from the spirit world offered its members rich
religious experiences as well as a forum for political activism inspired by republican
ideals. Messages from departed souls including François Rabelais, Abraham Lincoln,
John Brown, Robert E. Lee, Emanuel Swedenborg, and even Confucius discussed government
structures, the moral progress of humanity, and equality. The Afro-Creole Spiritualists
were encouraged to continue struggling for justice in a new world where "bright" spirits
would replace raced bodies." From jacket
Sujet(s) : Créoles -- Religion -- La Nouvelle-Orléans (La., États-Unis) -- XIXe siècle
Religion des Noirs américains -- La Nouvelle-Orléans (La., États-Unis) -- XIXe siècle
Églises noires américaines -- La Nouvelle-Orléans (La., États-Unis) -- XIXe siècle
Histoire religieuse -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781469628783 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 1469628783 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 9781469628790 (erroné) (ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb451832697
Notice n° :
FRBNF45183269
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