LEADER 04628nam 2200685 450 001 9910821433403321 005 20230214181903.0 010 $a1-5017-0144-4 010 $a1-5017-0145-2 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501701450 035 $a(CKB)3710000000470681 035 $a(EBL)4189249 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001544930 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16134931 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544930 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)12291644 035 $a(PQKB)10736468 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001517035 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4189249 035 $a(OCoLC)919921421 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse56399 035 $a(DE-B1597)478226 035 $a(OCoLC)979687379 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501701450 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4189249 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11129086 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL834468 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000470681 100 $a20151223h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Public Universal Friend $eJemima Wilkinson and religious enthusiasm in revolutionary America /$fPaul B. Moyer ; cover illustration, William Blake 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (279 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8014-5413-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Maps and Figures --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Genesis --$t2. Numbers --$t3. Revelation --$t4. Chronicles --$t5. Exodus --$t6. Acts --$t7. Judges --$tEpilogue --$tA Note on Sources --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aAmid political innovation and social transformation, Revolutionary America was also fertile ground for religious upheaval, as self-proclaimed visionaries and prophets established new religious sects throughout the emerging nation. Among the most influential and controversial of these figures was Jemima Wilkinson. Born in 1752 and raised in a Quaker household in Cumberland, Rhode Island, Wilkinson began her ministry dramatically in 1776 when, in the midst of an illness, she announced her own death and reincarnation as the Public Universal Friend, a heaven-sent prophet who was neither female nor male. 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 1780's, 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. The life of the Public Universal Friend and the Friend's church offer important insights about changes to religious life, gender, and society during this formative period. The Public Universal Friend is an elegantly written and comprehensive history of an important and too little known figure in the spiritual landscape of early America. 606 $aWomen religious leaders$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen evangelists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen and religion$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history$y18th century 615 0$aWomen religious leaders 615 0$aWomen evangelists 615 0$aWomen and religion$xHistory 676 $a289.9 700 $aMoyer$b Paul Benjamin$f1970-$01620166 702 $aBlake$b William 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821433403321 996 $aThe Public Universal Friend$93952796 997 $aUNINA