Unholy Sensations - A Story of Sex, Scandal, and California''s First Cult Scare

Informationen zum Autor Joshua Paddison is Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of History at Texas State University and the author of American Heathens: Religion, Race, and Reconstruction in California. Klappentext Unholy Sensations tells the story of the first cult scandal in California and examines religion, gender, sexuality, and race in the Gilded Age from a fresh perspective. Zusammenfassung Unholy Sensations tells the story of the first cult scandal in California and examines religion, gender, sexuality, and race in the Gilded Age from a fresh perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Secrets of the Sonoma Eden Unveiled Part One: Beginnings 1. September 1890: The Pivotal Man 2. April 1891: The Spiritual Reformer 3. May 1891: The Wandering Apostate 4. June 1891: A Samurai in Fairyland 5. Autumn 1891: Enter Mr. X Part Two: Scandal 6. December 1891: Worse than Mormons 7. January 1892: Disorderly Doctrines 8. February 1892: Spirit Versus Flesh 9. Spring 1892: No More a Celibate 10. January 1896: The Victim of an Ungodly System Part Three: Endings 11. The Original Cult Leader 12. The Angel of the Jails 13. The Baron of Fountaingrove Epilogue: The Land Has Been Waiting Notes Acknowledgements Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joshua Paddison, Joshua (Senior Lecturer Paddison
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 17.07.2025
• EAN: 9780197775325
• ISBN: 978-0-19-777532-5
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Religione: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; RELIGION / Cults, Religion: general, Alternative belief systems, Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, RELIGION / Christian Living / Family & Relationships, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Christian and quasi-Christian cults and sects