The House of David: Salvation, Scandal, and Survival in a Modern American Commune - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197792339ISBN-10:197792332UPC:9780197792339Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cults, History, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.41 x 6.53 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCPZGJB89M
The House of David: Salvation, Scandal, and Survival in a Modern American Commune
In 1903, after seven years traveling the country as itinerant preachers, Benjamin and Mary Purnell moved to Benton Harbor, Michigan, where they founded a commune. Their settlement soon blossomed into a vibrant religious colony and booming business enterprise. They called it the House of David, and its members--hailing from across the United States and around the world--were Christian Israelites,...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197792339ISBN-10:197792332UPC:9780197792339Book Category:Religion, HistoryBook Subcategory:Cults, History, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.41 x 6.53 x 0.94 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCPZGJB89M
Evelyn Sterne is a Professor of History at the University of Rhode Island, where she also serves as director of the Center for the Humanities. The author of Ballots and Bibles: Ethnic Politics and the Catholic Church in Providence, she is a historian of religion, ethnicity, class, and communal experiments in the early twentieth-century United States.
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