Mormons, Adventists and Ghosts, Oh My! The Burned Over District Part 4 of 4

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Unlikely Explanations

Peter McGuire

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This podcast uncovers the deeper currents of history by examining strange and unlikely true stories.

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This podcast uncovers the deeper currents of history by examining strange and unlikely true stories.

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History

Religion & Spirituality,

Society & Culture,

Documentary

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Mormons, Adventists and Ghosts, Oh My! The Burned Over District Part 4 of 4

Unlikely Explanations

2 hours 1 minute 31 seconds

4 years ago

Mormons, Adventists and Ghosts, Oh My! The Burned Over District Part 4 of 4

Part 4 explores the explosion of Spiritualism. The belief in ghosts and a fundamentally similar life after death gripped nearly every mind in New York and became the default belief system of the non-Christian American: New Age (and its related beliefs). This episode also includes honorable mentions for weird mystic cults and a trip to meet the greatest New York cult leader of them all: the Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz.

Americans in the burned-over district of New York took God into their own hands and radically reimagined what Christianity and spirituality were all about. Learn how the spontaneous uprisings and communities of upstate New York affect the religious landscape of America today.

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