Radical Spirits

Ann Braude still speaks powerfully to unique issues of women s creativity spiritual as well as political in a superb account of the controversial nineteenth century Spiritualist movement Jon Butler Radical Spirits is a vitally important book that has influenced a generation of young scholars Marie GriffithIn Radical Spirits, Ann Braude contends that the early women s rights movement and Spiritualism went hand in hand Her book makes a convincing argument for the importance of religion in the study of American women s history.In this new edition, Braude discusses the impact of the book on the scholarship of the last decade and assesses the place of religion in interpretations of women s history in general and the women s rights movement in particular A review of current scholarship and suggestions for further reading make it even useful for contemporary teachers and students. Read Radical Spirits – kino-fada.fr I loved this book The origin of the Women s Rights movement in the United States is often depicted in a purely secular way, divorced from the religious and spiritual contexts that participated in its origins and development Braude s book enlarges the standard academic view to include religion, and she does so by focusing on women in Spiritualism a movement that started in the mid 1800s, which, among other things, highlighted the ability to communicate with the spirits of deceased loved ones, I loved this book The origin of the Women s Rights movement in the United States is often depicted in a purely secular way, divorced from the religious and spiritual contexts that participated in its origins and development Braude s book enlarges the standard academic view to include religion, and sh...Braude argues that Spiritualists constituted the radical wing of the women s rights movement during the latter half of the nineteenth century Spiritualism was a radically individualistic philosophy, which affirmed every individual s access to spiritual truth and in fact considered women somewhatspiritually sensitive than men This special sensitivity of women meant that they had the potential to be a very positive influence on America s male dominated society This meant that for spiritua Braude argues that Spiritualists constituted the radical wing of the women s rights movement during the latter half of the nineteenth century Spiritualism was a radically individualistic philosophy, which affirmed every individual s access to spiritual truth and in fact considered women somewhatspiritually sensitive than men This special sensitivity of women meant that they had the potential to be a very positive influence on America s male dominated society This meant that for spiritualists who also supported other radical reform movements such as abolition and temperance women s rights became the mother of all reforms The liberation of women from oppressive traditional roles would be the liberation of women s power to cure other social ills Although spiritualists did not ultimately set the agenda of the women s rights movement, they did contribute substantial energy, talent, and personnel Overall, a very intere...Ann Braude describes the birth and development of the Spiritualist movement and its connection to the women s rights movement Women had long been assumed as having a closer connection to God than men, and many women saw the Spiritualist movement as a way to exploit that in order to gain leadership and a voice It s beginning coincides with the women s rights movement in 1848 and spread at the same rate Spiritualism was a response to the mid century crisis of faith 4 They used a connection Ann Braude describes the birth and development of the Spiritualist movement and its connection to the women s rights movement Women had long been assumed as having a closer connection to God than men, and many women saw the Spiritualist movement as a way to exploit that in order to gain leadership and a voice It s beginning coincides with the women s rights movement in 1848 and spread at the same rate Spiritualism was a response to the mid century crisis of faith 4 They used a connection to science as a way to bolster the movement They were anti organzation due to their individualistic bent and it is difficult to nail down stats of membership as a result, however they were keen on publishing They were closely connected to Quakers for a time due to the Quaker understanding of the inner light found in everybody Because this movement was often practiced within the home, it elevated the status of domesticity Many u...I really loved this book, beginning with the very first sentence in the Acknowledgments Braude has written a fascinating and balanced blend of social, gender, and religious history She examines the social radicalism on Women s Rights as it intersected with the religious radicalism of the Spiritualist movement and the relationship of both movements to the construction of gender in America Further, Braude successfully treats Spiritualism as a legitimate religion, with the compassion and u I...Nice book about an almost missing piece of history or at least it goes largely uncovered in general history books It was very interesting to read about the entire movement and how it laid the foundation for the women s rights movement and its role in the abolition movement There were some heavy hitters during this time period that bought into the movement that gave it some intellectual credibility I d be interested in readingabout the core belief and investigation of the religion along Nice book about an almost missing piece of history or at least it goes largely uncovered in g...Extremely interesting history of the spiritual women of the early to mid 1800s in the U.S I expected this to be dry, but it is a great subject presented in a compelling manner I d been vaguely interested in the Transcendentalists but had never heard of these female Spiritualists whose claims of possession by higher powers allowed them to speak before crowds of hundreds on highly controversial topics of abolition and suffrage.I wasn t keen on US religious history until this book It opened Extremely interesting history of the spiritual women of the early to mid 1800s in the U.S I expected this to be dry, but it is a great subject presented in a compelling manner I d been vaguely interested in the Transcendentalists but had never heard of these female Spir...Very good intro to the influence of Spiritualism on early women s rights, abolition and other major social movements of the 19th century Braude does a fine job of providing a higher level overview of the movement and its influence This book made me want to re...Braude offers to answer the following central question Given the evidence of significant overlap between people who held Spiritualist beliefs and engaged in Spiritualist practices with people who were active in the woman s rights movement in the nineteenth century United States, what can we discover about the relationship between the two movements She also poses two sub questions specific to the analytical categories of gender, politics, and religion, including 1 Why did Spiritualism appeal Braude offers to answer the following central question Given the evidence of significant overlap between people who held Spiritualist beliefs and engaged in Spiritualist practices with people who were active in the woman s rights movement in the nineteenth century United States, what can we discover about the relationship between the two movements She also poses two sub questions specific to the analytical categories of gender, politics, and religion, including 1 Why did Spiritualism appeal to people troubled ...A mostly hidden side of history which explore a sort of collective subconscious of the evolution of human rights from abolitionism to women s rights, voices of strength for the repressed, and the lack of cohesion with nearly any organization yet still, goals are achieved.Read this first in 2011, returned to it this year for grad school I got a lotout of it this time around Braude is a terrific narrative writer and manages to write a critical, academic history of Spiritualism without ridiculing the beliefs of the characters Spiritualism gave women political and reform opportunities, but most of all it...

• English
• 25 May 2017
Ann Braude
• Paperback
• 304 pages
• 0253215021
• Ann Braude
• Radical Spirits