內容簡介
內容簡介 This book tells the story of the south's oldest spirtualist community, Cassadaga, founded in central Florida over 125 years ago on the principle of continuous life, the idea that spirits of the dead commune with the living.
作者介紹
作者介紹 John J. Guthrie, Jr. (1955-2000) was associate professor of history at Daytona Beach Community College and the author of Keepers of the Spirits: The Judicial Response to Prohibition Enforcement in Florida, 1885-1935. Phillip Charles Lucas is emeritus professor of religious studies at Stetson University and founding general editor of Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions. Lucas's books include Prime Time Religion: An Encyclopedia of Religious Broadcasting and New Religious Movements in the Twenty-First Century: Legal, Political, and Social Challenges in Global Perspective. Gary Monroe is a photographer who is best known for his long-term involvements with the old-world Jewish community of South Beach and his work about Haitian immigration and travels throughout Haiti. He has photographed lifestyles in Florida and around the world. His life's work is housed at Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.