Society of souls: Spirit, friendship, and the antebellum reform imagination

This study explores the central role that a spiritualized friendship played in the thought and writings of antebellum reformers. It identifies a spiritual sensibility that was widely shared by many radical New England activists of the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s regardless of their specific denomination...

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Main Author: Nelson, Robert Kent
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: W&M ScholarWorks 2006
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539623502
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3293&context=etd