Spirit Possession and Popular Religion - From the Camisards to the Shakers

About the author

Clarke Garrett is Charles A. Dana Professor of History Emeritus at Dickinson College. He is the author of Respectable Folly: Millenarians and the French Revolution.

Summary

"The Shakers emerge as the culmination of the century's religious quest, preserving the immediacy of spirit possession while making it the basis for the formation of an ideal Christian community.Originally published as Spirit Possession and Popular Religion: From the Comisards to the Shakers

Product details

• Authors: Clarke Garrett, Clarke (Professor Emeritus Garrett, Garrett Clarke
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.06.1998
• EAN: 9780801859236
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-5923-6
• Weight: 425 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; USA, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Christianity, History of Religion, United States of America, USA, Church history, Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches, Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches