[PDF.78ck] The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America

The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America

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 | #283427 in Books |  imusti |  2012-04-02 |  2012-04-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.30 x.90 x7.30l,.60 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

 | Oxford University Press USA

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A Meandering Tale with a Surprise Ending|By Horace|The story is more than interesting, but at times I felt the authors got bogged down in meaningless detail (do readers really have to know every street address of every character?), and the way narratives describing individuals in the book were embedded in stories-within-stories was, at times, confusing. I frequently lost track| ||"The book reads much like a novel....The authors relate this offbeat tale like the good storytellers they are, sqeezing the story out of a number of sources in a creative and imaginative way."--Journal of Social History | |||"A history book that read

Paul Johnson and Sean Wilentz brilliantly recapture the forgotten story of Matthias the Prophet, imbuing their richly researched account with the dramatic force of a novel.

In the hands of Johnson and Wilentz, the strange tale of Matthias opens a fascinating window into the turbulent movements of the religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening--movements that swept up great numbers of evangelical Americans and gave rise to new sects like the Mormons. I...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America   |  Paul E. Johnson, Sean Wilentz. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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