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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Afro-Creole Spiritualism in New Orleans -- The creation of the Cercle Harmonique -- The disharmony of New Orleans city life -- Spiritualism and Catholicism -- The spiritual republic and America's destiny -- The spiritual republic in the Atlantic Age of revolutions |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
African American Spiritual churches -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
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African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Religion
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Race -- Religious aspects.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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African American Spiritual churches
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African Americans -- Religion
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Race -- Religious aspects
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New Orleans (La.) -- Church history -- 19th century
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New Orleans (La.) -- Religious life and customs
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Louisiana -- New Orleans
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| Genre/Form |
Church history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781469628806 |
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1469628805 |
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9781469628790 |
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1469628791 |
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