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Octavia, daughter of God : the story of a female messiah and her followers / Jane Shaw.
Van Pelt Library BR763.B38 S53 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shaw, Jane, 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barltrop, Mabel, 1866-1934.
- Barltrop, Mabel.
- Panacea Society.
- Women and religion--England--Bedford--History--20th century.
- Women and religion.
- Christian sects--England--Bedford--History--20th century.
- Christian sects.
- History.
- England--Bedford.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 398 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011.
- Contents:
- Part I Octavia
- Chapter 1 Seeking 3
- Chapter 2 Listening to God 16
- Chapter 3 The Daughter of God 32
- Chapter 4 Who was Mabel? 48
- Part II The Community
- Chapter 5 The Female Apostles 71
- Chapter 6 How to Live For Ever 99
- Chapter 7 Trouble in Paradise 124
- Chapter 8 Going Global 151
- Chapter 9 Sex Difficulties 181
- Chapter 10 Don't Fall in Love 196
- Chapter 11 Family Problems 213
- Part III The World
- Chapter 12 Negotiating the World 237
- Chapter 13 Defeating the Bolshevik Menace 255
- Chapter 14 Open the Box! 275
- Chapter 15 The Church 293
- Chapter 16 Death, after all 317.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-376) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300176155
- 0300176155
- OCLC:
- 711045605
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