04569cam a2200793 i 4500 ocn919921421 OCoLC 20200709060400.0 m d cr |n||||||||| 150317s2015 nyu ob 001 0beng c COO eng rda pn COO YDXCP IDEBK CDX EBLCP IDK JSTOR IDB VLB AGLDB ICA K6U CCO PIFAG FVL JBG N$T OCLCQ MERUC OCLCQ 994608266 9780801454134 (cloth ; alk. paper) 0801454131 9781501701450 1501701452 1049471 (N$T) (OCoLC)919921421 (OCoLC)994608266 22573/ctt1h2gq48 JSTOR pcc n-us--- BR1719.W5 M69 2015 BIO 018000 bisacsh REL 094000 bisacsh HIS036080 bisacsh BIO018000 bisacsh HIS036030 bisacsh REL015000 bisacsh 289.9 B 23 MAIN Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970- author. The Public Universal Friend : Jemima Wilkinson and religious enthusiasm in revolutionary America / Paul B. Moyer. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index. Genesis -- Numbers -- Revelation -- Chronicles -- Exodus -- Acts -- Judges. "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. Master record variable field(s) change: 050 Wilkinson, Jemima, 1752-1819. Wilkinson, Jemima, 1752-1819. fast (OCoLC)fst00059499 Women religious leaders United States Biography. Women evangelists United States Biography. Women and religion United States History 18th century. United States Church history 18th century. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Religious. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity Denominations. bisacsh HISTORY United States State & Local Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA) bisacsh Women and religion. fast (OCoLC)fst01177110 Women evangelists. fast (OCoLC)fst01177647 Women religious leaders. fast (OCoLC)fst01178469 United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 1700-1799 fast Electronic books. Biography. fast (OCoLC)fst01423686 Church history. fast (OCoLC)fst01411629 History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Moyer, Paul Benjamin, 1970- Public Universal Friend 9780801454134 (DLC) 2015010751 (OCoLC)905419565 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1049471 Coutts Information Services COUT 32512165 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL4189249 EBSCOhost EBSC 1049471 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis32512165 YBP Library Services YANK 12598027 92 N$T 56356 56356