Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
SUNY series in western esoteric traditions |
Contents |
Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Panacea Society and the Study of Religion; The Archive; The Structure of the Book; Chapter One. The Panacea Society's Healing; Seeking a Spiritual Cure; Personal Stories; Wider Benefits; The Panacea Effect; The Panacea Society; Chapter Two. Sources of the Healing; The Panacea Society and the Prophets; The English Prophets; Octavia; The Theology of the Healing; New Salvation; The Female and the Fall; Chapter Three. Understanding Religion; Theories of Religious Change; Patterns of Panacea Healing Affiliation |
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Chapter Four. The Healing and Other Movements I: Great BritainNew Movements and the Panacea Society; New Movements and the Panacea Society's Healing Users; Mainstream Religion; Chapter Five. The Healing and Other Movements II: The United States, Jamaica, and Finland; The United States; Jamaica; Finland; The Panacea Society in the United States, Jamaica, and Finland; Chapter Six. War and Anxiety; Advertising and War; War and the Healing; Chapter Seven. Religious Language and Metaphysics; Religious language; Metaphysics; Chapter Eight. Theories of Transcendence |
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Contemporary Spirituality and the HealingTranscendence; Postscript. The End of the Healing; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
A unique historical study of the personal nature of religion, spirituality, and healing in the twentieth century based on the letters of ordinary people from around the world |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 4, 2019) |
Subject |
Panacea Society.
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SUBJECT |
Panacea Society fast |
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Women and religion -- England -- Bedford -- History -- 20th century
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Christian communities -- England -- Bedford -- History -- 20th century
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RELIGION -- Institutions & Organizations.
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Christian communities
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Women and religion
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SUBJECT |
Bedford (England) -- Church history -- 20th century
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England -- Bedford
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Genre/Form |
Church history
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781438472874 |
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1438472870 |
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