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Record Nr.

UNINA9910502659703321

Autore

Lavoie Jeffrey D.

Titolo

Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888) and The Household : The Christian Mystical Teachings of a Nineteenth Century Religious Leader / / by Jeffrey D. Lavoie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030850500

3030850501

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (169 pages)

Disciplina

248.22

Soggetti

Religion - History

Christianity

Cults

Sex

History of Religion

New Religious Movements

Sexuality Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Biography and Background -- Chapter 3: The Sympneumata -- Chapter 4: Charles Carleton Massey (1838 - 1905) -- Chapter 5: Rosamond Dale Owen (1846 - 1937) -- Chapter 6: James Murray Templeton (1860 - 1892) -- Chapter 7: Jennie Tuttle -- Chapter 8: Hannah Whitall Smith (1832 - 1911) -- Chapter 9: Laurence Carrington Grubbe -- Chapter 10: A Scandal from Within -- Chapter 11: Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the religious teachings of best-selling Victorian author and former Member of Parliament, Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888). While several biographies have been written on his captivating life, the stage of his life when Oliphant first established 'The Household' commune has, until now, been largely unexplored. This book focuses on this later stage of his life, exploring Oliphant's religious teachings. Additionally, this study incorporates a newly



discovered archive, which reveals many behind-the-scenes details of The Household's teachings. Jeffrey D. Lavoie shows that Oliphant provided a unique interpretation of sexuality from a mystical Christian perspective, which opposed the restrictive contemporaneous "Victorian morality." Jeffrey D. Lavoie is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Middlesex Community College in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA.