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The Kingdom of Matthias - A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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The Kingdom of Matthias - A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Paul Johnson and Sean Wilentz brilliantly recapture the forgotten
story of Matthias the Prophet, imbuing their richly researched
account with the dramatic force of a novel. In the hands of Johnson
and Wilentz, the strange tale of Matthias opens a fascinating
window into the turbulent movements of the religious revival known
as the Second Great Awakening-movements that swept up great numbers
of evangelical Americans and gave rise to new sects like the
Mormons. Into this teeming environment walked a down-and-out
carpenter named Robert Matthews, who announced himself as Matthias,
prophet of the God of the Jews. His hypnotic personality drew in a
cast of unforgettable characters-the meekly devout businessman
Elijah Pierson, who once tried to raise his late wife from the
dead; the young attractive Christian couple, Benjamin Folger and
his wife Ann (who seduced the woman-hating Prophet); and the shrewd
ex-slave Isabella Van Wagenen, regarded by some as "the most wicked
of the wicked." None was more colorful than the Prophet himself, a
bearded, thundering tyrant who gathered his followers into an
absolutist household, using their money to buy an elaborate,
eccentric wardrobe, and reordering their marital relations. By the
time the tensions within the kingdom exploded into a clash with the
law, Matthias had become a national scandal. "Written with the
sweep and narrative drive of a best seller.... It has sex and
sexual depravity, violence, murder, a courtroom drama, a media
feeding frenzy, prostitution, lunacy, theft, religion (plenty of
that), politics, social commentary, subtle humor, a fascinating if
weird cast of characters, and a surprise ending." -Atlantic Monthly
"The Kingdom of Matthias is about marginality, fantasy, commerce,
sex, and the soul's hunger, and the classically American combustion
of all of the above.... A delicious and disturbing book." -Leon
Wieseltier "As exciting as a novel...a wonderful book that will
keep you up all night." -Katha Pollitt
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