Personal religion and spiritual healing : the Panacea Society in the twentieth century / Alastair Lockhart.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Panacea Society and the Study of Religion; The Archive; The Structure of the Book; Chapter One. The Panacea Society's Healing; Seeking a Spiritual Cure; Personal Stories; Wider Benefits; The Panacea Effect; The Panacea Society; Chapter Two. Sources of the Healing; The Panacea Society and the Prophets; The English Prophets; Octavia; The Theology of the Healing; New Salvation; The Female and the Fall; Chapter Three. Understanding Religion; Theories of Religious Change; Patterns of Panacea Healing Affiliation

Chapter Four. The Healing and Other Movements I: Great BritainNew Movements and the Panacea Society; New Movements and the Panacea Society's Healing Users; Mainstream Religion; Chapter Five. The Healing and Other Movements II: The United States, Jamaica, and Finland; The United States; Jamaica; Finland; The Panacea Society in the United States, Jamaica, and Finland; Chapter Six. War and Anxiety; Advertising and War; War and the Healing; Chapter Seven. Religious Language and Metaphysics; Religious language; Metaphysics; Chapter Eight. Theories of Transcendence

Contemporary Spirituality and the HealingTranscendence; Postscript. The End of the Healing; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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