Synopsis
The small town of Cassadaga in Florida is one of the oldest continuously active spiritualist centres in the South. After presenting an overview of 19th-century religion, this work explores the town's early years, architecture, ritual life, core beliefs, healing work and view of the future.
À propos des auteurs
John J. Guthrie, Jr. (1955-2000) was associate professor of history at Daytona Beach Community College, the author of Keepers of the Spirits: The Judicial Response to Prohibition Enforcement in Florida, 1885-1935, and coauthor of The Florida Land Boom: Speculation, Money, and the Banks.
Phillip Charles Lucas, associate professor of religious studies at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, and general editor of Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, is the author of Prime Time Religion: An Encyclopedia of Religious Broadcasting and The Odyssey of a New Religion: The Holy Order of MANS from New Age to Orthodoxy.
Gary Monroe,
professor of art at Daytona Beach Community College's Southeast Museum
School of Photography, has published his photographs in several books
including Miami Beach, Haiti, and (with Jerome Stern) Florida Dreams.
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