Explores the origins, beliefs, practices, and significance of Spiritualism, a colorful religious ideology centered on spirit communication and spirit activity.

Viewing the Civil War as a major turning point in American religious thought, Mark A. Noll examines writings about slavery and race from Americans both white an

This volume is a firsthand account of the author's experiences as a spiritualist medium in Washington during the Civil War. It depicts the beginnings of the Spi

A product of the "spiritual hothouse" of the Second Great Awakening, Spiritualism became the fastest growing religion in the nation during the 1850s, and one of

A story of faith and fraud in post-Civil War America told through the lens of a photographer who claimed he could capture images of the dead