| Description |
1 online resource |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Genesis -- Numbers -- Revelation -- Chronicles -- Exodus -- Acts -- Judges. |
| Summary |
"In The Public Universal Friend, Paul B. Moyer tells the story of Wilkinson and her remarkable church, the Society of Universal Friends. Wilkinson's message was a simple one: humankind stood on the brink of the Apocalypse, but salvation was available to all who accepted God's grace and the authority of his prophet: the Public Universal Friend. Wilkinson preached widely in southern New England and Pennsylvania, attracted hundreds of devoted followers, formed them into a religious sect, and, by the late 1780s, had led her converts to the backcountry of the newly formed United States, where they established a religious community near present-day Penn Yan, New York. Even this remote spot did not provide a safe haven for Wilkinson and her followers as they awaited the Millennium. Disputes from within and without dogged the sect, and many disciples drifted away or turned against the Friend. After Wilkinson's "second" and final death in 1819, the Society rapidly fell into decline and, by the mid-nineteenth century, ceased to exist. The prophet's ministry spanned the American Revolution and shaped the nation's religious landscape during the unquiet interlude between the first and second Great Awakenings."--Publisher's description. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Public Universal Friend, 1752-1819.
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Wilkinson, Jemima, 1752-1819. (OCoLC)fst00059499
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Women religious leaders -- United States -- Biography.
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Women evangelists -- United States -- Biography.
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Women and religion -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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United States -- Church history -- 18th century.
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Women and religion. (OCoLC)fst01177110
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Women evangelists. (OCoLC)fst01177647
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Women religious leaders. (OCoLC)fst01178469
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious.
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RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970- author. Public Universal Friend 9780801454134 (DLC) 2015010751 (OCoLC)905419565 |
| ISBN |
9781501701450 (electronic bk.) |
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1501701452 (electronic bk.) |
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