Yearning for the New Age : Laura Holloway-Langford and Late Victorian Spirituality.

This biography of an unconventional woman in late 19th-century America is a study of a search for individual autonomy and spiritual growth. Laura Holloway-Langford, a "rebel girl" from Tennessee, moved to New York City, where she supported her family as a journalist. She soon became famous...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sasson, Sarah Diane Diane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2012.
Colección:Religion in North America.
Temas:
Holloway, Laura C. > (Laura Carter), > 1848-1930.
Holloway, Laura C. > (Laura Carter), > 1848-1930
Religious biography > United States.
Spiritual biography > United States.
Biographies religieuses > États-Unis.
Biographies spirituelles > États-Unis.
RELIGION > Christianity > Shaker.
Religious biography
Spiritual biography
United States > Biography.
United States > History.
États-Unis > Biographies.
États-Unis > Histoire.
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; A Note on Names; Introduction; 1. Sex, Suffrage, and Religious Seekers; 2. "A Clairvoyant of the First Water"; 3. "Better Come"; 4. "The First Bomb-shell from the Dugpa World"; 5. Fantasizing the Occult; 6. "Our Golden Word: Try"; 7. The Lady Mrs. X; 8. Disseminating New Ideas; 9. Music of the Spheres; 10. "Dear Friend and Sister"; 11. Who Tells the Tale?; Epilogue: Seeking Laura; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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