Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/04/2009
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, the Publick Universal Friend, this remarkably charismatic-and notably scandal-plagued-woman gathered several hundred followers and settled to the west of Seneca Lake. Although the religious community she founded on a framework of abstinence and friendship did not long survive her, Wilkinson remains a figure of fascination and mystery to this day. Herbert A. Wisbey Jr.'s 1964 biography is the authoritative account of her life, times, and ideals.
- ISBN:
- 9780801475511
- 9780801475511
- Category:
- Biography: religious & spiritual
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 02-04-2009
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Pages:
- 252
- Dimensions (mm):
- 216x140x19mm
- Weight:
- 0.45kg
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