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Searching for Raymond
Rene Kollar
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Hardback. This text examines the relationship between the Anglican Church and Spiritualism following World War I. It explores the rise in the popularity of Spiritualism after the war as Anglican's failed to find solace in the teachings of their own faith; and explores the connection of faith and bereavement. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HRAC; HRCC91; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
Rene Kollar takes as his focus the uneasy relationship between the Anglican Church and Spiritualism following World War I. A church committee was appointed to study the "claims of Spiritualism in relation to the Christian Faith," and though the results were, in some respects, favorable to Spiritualism, the report was not made public until 1979. Searching for Raymond explores the rise in Spiritualism's popularity after the trauma of war as Anglicans failed to find comfort in the traditional teachings of their church. At the same time, the book provides a thoroughly researched portrait of the indelible connection between religious faith ... Read more
Rene Kollar takes as his focus the uneasy relationship between the Anglican Church and Spiritualism following World War I. A church committee was appointed to study the "claims of Spiritualism in relation to the Christian Faith," and though the results were, in some respects, favorable to Spiritualism, the report was not made public until 1979. Searching for Raymond explores the rise in Spiritualism's popularity after the trauma of war as Anglicans failed to find comfort in the traditional teachings of their church. At the same time, the book provides a thoroughly researched portrait of the indelible connection between religious faith ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739101612
SKU
V9780739101612
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About Rene Kollar
Rene Kollar is Professor of History at Saint Vincent College and Saint Vincent Seminary. He is the author of Westminster Cathedral: From Dream to Reality (1987), The Return of the Benedictines to London: A History of Ealing Abbey from 1896 to Independence (1989), Abbot Aelred Carlyle, Caldey Island, and the Anglo-Catholic Revival in England (1995), Aspects of the Revival of ... Read more
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