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Cassadaga: The South's Oldest Spiritualist Community (Florida History and Culture)
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by JR., JOHN J. GUTHRIE, PHILLIP CHARLES LUCAS, and GARY MONROE
Sales Rank: 524417
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 272 pages
Published by: University Press of Florida; First edition May 18, 2000
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0813017432
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0813017433
Book Dimensions:
10.3 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 0.2 ounces
From Library Journal
Consisting of seven chapters by various qualified scholars and observers, this book provides a fascinating look at Cassadaga, a Spiritualist community founded over a century ago just north of Orlando. Beginning with the early history of Spiritualism in America, the book describes the founding of Cassadaga and its on-going development, including its interaction with New Age spiritual ideas. The editors, professors of history, religious studies, and art, provide a good explanation of the Spiritualist belief system (which holds that the spirits of the dead interact with the living) and a detailed description of several healing services and spirit readings. They also probe the community's relationship with people from the surrounding area. A number of interviews with some long-term residents, a chapter on the community's distinctive architecture, a pictorial study, and an great bibliography enliven the book. This is an objective and readable description of a distinctive and largely unknown faith in American religion. Recommended for academic and public libraries.DC. Robert Nixon, M.L.S., Lafayette, IN
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Reader Reviews
for religious seekers, those curious about spiritual matters, those interested in Florida's history and any with a mind to understand religious communities, this book is a MUST read. The varied articles are revealing, stimulating, fascinating, well-written, with marvellous footnotes and bibliography. Oh, if all university, edited publications could be so good. If this ever makes it to a reprint or paperback, more varied and colour photos would just be the icing on the cake.
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