A Luminous Brotherhood : Afro-Creole Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans /

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In the midst of a nineteenth-century boom in spiritual experimentation, the Cercle Harmonique, a remarkable group of African-descended men, practiced Spiritualism in heavily Catholic New Orleans. In this first comprehensive history of the Cercle, Emily Suzanne Clark illuminates how highly diverse re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clark, Emily Suzanne, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race > Religious aspects.
African Americans > Religion.
African American Spiritual churches.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Race > Aspect religieux.
Noirs americains > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Religion.
Églises spirituelles noires americaines > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans.
African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Religion.
African American Spiritual churches > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) > Religious life and customs.
New Orleans (La.) > Church history > 19th century.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In the midst of a nineteenth-century boom in spiritual experimentation, the Cercle Harmonique, a remarkable group of African-descended men, practiced Spiritualism in heavily Catholic New Orleans. In this first comprehensive history of the Cercle, Emily Suzanne Clark illuminates how highly diverse religious practices wind in significant ways through American life, culture, and history.
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages).
ISBN:9781469628806

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