Pioneer Prophetess : Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend /

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At the age of twenty-four, the Rhode Island Quaker Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819) recovered from a bout of fever with the pronouncement that she had been directed by a vision to preach to a "dying and sinful world." Announcing that Jemima had died and that her body now housed a new spirit, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wisbey, Herbert A. (Herbert Andrew), 1919- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [1964]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wilkinson, Jemima, > 1752-1819.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Spiritual Growth.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; I: Birth of a Prophetess; II: Saith the Universal Friend; III: Refuge in Little Rest; IV: New England Ministry; V: Pennsylvania; VI: Wilderness Sanctuary; VII: Jerusalem; VIII: Trials and Tribulations; IX: Death of a Prophetess; X: Legend and Lore; Appendix I: Death Book of the Society of Universal Friends; Appendix II: The Universal Friend's Advice, to Those of the Same Religious Society; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

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