Night journeys the power of dreams in transatlantic Quaker culture
"Early modern Quakers looked to their dreams to gain spiritual insight and developed a potent system of dreamwork that acted simultaneously as a device for gaining and retaining authority and as a democratizing force. Night Journeys recounts how Quakers on both sides of the Atlantic turned thei...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Charlottesville, Va. [u.a.]
Univ. of Virginia Press
2004
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Early modern Quakers looked to their dreams to gain spiritual insight and developed a potent system of dreamwork that acted simultaneously as a device for gaining and retaining authority and as a democratizing force. Night Journeys recounts how Quakers on both sides of the Atlantic turned their sleeping experiences into powerful stories that advanced a more inclusive - but still imperial - vision of colonial and Revolutionary America."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | X, 290 S. |
| ISBN: | 0813923107 |