The Kingdom of Matthias

by Paul E. Johnson & Sean Wilentz

Biography & Autobiography

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Written by distinguished historians with the force of a novel, this book reconstructs the web of religious ecstacy, greed, and seduction within the cult of the Prophet Matthias in New York in 1834 and captures the heated atmosphere of the religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening. Illustrations.

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