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This review is from: Icelandic Spiritualism: Mediumship and Modernity in Iceland (Hardcover)
I agree with the other reviewer that this book is dry, tough reading but worth it. Spiritualists will find the testing of the key medium extensive and authentic. Sociologists of religion will find good use in their dichotomy of churches that focus on group action vs. churches that focus on individual pilgrimages. (A much more helpful distinction that mainline vs. evangelical or Protestant v. Catholic). The conflict addressed by Haladur's spiritualism is STILL with us: how to deal with translations of holy things that do not mistake a translation as being literal but still considers it holy: Haladur saw the literalists as not credible and the figuratives as not encouraging faith.
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Spiritualism examined through the career of a noted Medium.,
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This review is from: Icelandic Spiritualism: Mediumship and Modernity in Iceland (Hardcover)
Academic tome offers some interesting insights into 19th and 20th century Spiritualism in Iceland given Iceland's unique religious history. A bit dry but worth the effort for anyone with this special interest.- Roberta Olsen Kyle, Eye on Iceland
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Icelandic Spiritualism: Mediumship and Modernity in Iceland by William H. Swatos (Hardcover - January 1, 1997)
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