Pioneer Prophetess : Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend PDF
by Herbert A. Wisbey
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At the age of twenty-four, the Rhode Island Quaker Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819) recovered from a bout of fever with the pronouncement that she had been directed by a vision to preach to a "dying and sinful world." Announcing that Jemima had died and that her body now housed a new spirit, the Publick Universal Friend, this remarkably charismatic-and notably scandal-plagued-woman gathered several hundred followers and settled to the west of Seneca Lake. Although the religious community she founded on a framework of abstinence and friendship did not long survive her, Wilkinson remains a figure of fascination and mystery to this day. Herbert A. Wisbey Jr.'s 1964 biography is the authoritative account of her life, times, and ideals.
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- Pages:252 pages
- Publisher:Cornell University Press
- Publication Date:31/05/2018
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- ISBN:9781501711534
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:252 pages
- Publisher:Cornell University Press
- Publication Date:31/05/2018
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- ISBN:9781501711534