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Re-issued in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the mass suicides at Jonestown, this revised edition of David Chidester's path breaking book features a new prologue that considers the meaning of the tragedy for a post-Waco, post-9/11 world. For Chidester, Jonestown recalls the American religious commitment to redemptive sacrifice, which for Jim Jones meant saving his followers from the evils of capitalist society. Jonestown is ancient history,...
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Introduction:The parameters and problematics of American religious liberalism /Leigh E. Schmidt --Reading poetry religiously : the Walt Whitman Fellowship and seeker spirituality /Michael Robertson --The Christology of niceness : Harriet Beecher Stowe, the Jesus novel, and sacred trivialities /Carrie Tirado Bramen --Visible liberalism : liberal Protestant taste evangelism, 1850 and 1950 /Sally M. Promey --Discovering imageless truths : the Bahá'í...
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This biography of an unconventional woman in late 19th Century America is a study of the search for individual autonomy and spiritual growth. Laura Holloway-Langford, a "rebel girl" from Tennessee, moved to New York City, where she supported her family as a journalist. She soon became famous as the author of Ladies of the White House, which secured her financial independence. Promoted to associate editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, she gave readings...