Catherine Brekus
Biographic Data
| ID | 2567237 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catherine Brekus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catherine |
| FAMILY NAME | Brekus |
| SIGNATURE | BREKUS C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Paul B. Moyer. The Public Universal Friend: Jemima Wilkinson and Religious Enthusiasm in Revolutionary America
In 1776 Jemima Wilkinson, a twenty-three-year-old woman from Cumberland, Rhode Island, woke up from a severe illness and claimed to have been transformed into the Public Universal Friend, a genderless spirit sent by God. According to the Friend (as she/he now insisted on being called), Wilkinson’s soul had ascended to heaven, but her body had been left behind as a holy tabernacle for the spirit to inhabit. Leaving home to travel across southern N…
Forum: Religion and the Biographical Turn
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Interchange: History in the Professional Schools
Interchange: History in the Professional Schools
Forum: Religion and the Biographical Turn
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Interchange: History in the Professional Schools
Forum: Religion and the Biographical Turn
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Paul B. Moyer. The Public Universal Friend: Jemima Wilkinson and Religious Enthusiasm in Revolutionary America
In 1776 Jemima Wilkinson, a twenty-three-year-old woman from Cumberland, Rhode Island, woke up from a severe illness and claimed to have been transformed into the Public Universal Friend, a genderless spirit sent by God. According to the Friend (as she/he now insisted on being called), Wilkinson’s soul had ascended to heaven, but her body had been left behind as a holy tabernacle for the spirit to inhabit. Leaving home to travel across southern N…
History (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works) · Chemistry (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (1 works) · Enthusiasm (1 works) · Gospel (1 works) · Heaven (1 works)