Radical spirits : spiritualism and women's rights in nineteenth-century America

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Radical spirits : spiritualism and women's rights in nineteenth-century America

Ann Braude

Indiana University Press, c2001

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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"First edition published 1989 by Beacon Press"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-255) and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780253215024

内容説明

". . . Ann Braude still speaks powerfully to unique issues of women's creativity-spiritual as well as political-in a superb account of the controversial nineteenth-century Spiritualist movement." -Jon Butler "Radical Spirits is a vitally important book . . . [that] has . . . influenced a generation of young scholars." -Marie Griffith In Radical Spirits, Ann Braude contends that the early women's rights movement and Spiritualism went hand in hand. Her book makes a convincing argument for the importance of religion in the study of American women's history. In this new edition, Braude discusses the impact of the book on the scholarship of the last decade and assesses the place of religion in interpretations of women's history in general and the women's rights movement in particular. A review of current scholarship and suggestions for further reading make it even more useful for contemporary teachers and students.

目次

Preliminary Table of Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "Unbroken Communication between the Infinite and All Beings" 2. "The Blessedness of Sinless Childhood in the World Beyond" 3. "Thine for Agitation" 4. The Meaning of Mediumship 5. "The Body and Soul Destroying Marriage Institution" 6. Mediums versus Medical men 7. "No Organization Can Hold Me" Conclusion Abbreviations Notes References Index
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ISBN 9780253340399

内容説明

In Radical Spirits, Ann Braude proposes that the engagement of women in the Spiritualism movement, with its belief in the direct accessibility of divine truth to individuals through spirit communication, not only provided a religious alternative to male-dominated mainstream religions, but also gave women a social and political voice as well. Because Spiritualists found in their faith a direct divine sanction for advancing social change, many of the women involved with Spiritualism were also tied to the early women's rights movements and to the radical wing of the movement for abolition of slavery. Thus, the early women's rights movement and Spiritualism went hand in hand. While much has changed in the academy since the book was first published, feminist historians continue to view religion as the enemy of women's emancipation, while historians of religion see signs of feminism in women's religious activities. Ann Braude proposes to address this scholarly impasse and to press further her argument for the importance of religion in the study of American women's history. In this new edition, Braude discusses the impact of the book on the scholarship of the last decade and assesses the place of religion in interpretations of women's history in general and the women's rights movement in particular. A review of current scholarship and suggestions for further reading make the book even more useful for contemporary teachers and students.

目次

Table of Contents: Introduction "Unbroken Communication between the Infinite and All Beings" "The Blessedness of Sinless Childhood in the World Beyond" "Thine for Agitation" The Meaning of Mediumship "The Body and Soul Destroying Marriage Institution" Mediums versus Medical men "No Organization Can Hold Me" Conclusion

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