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Let the dead speak: Spiritualism in Australia [Pehme köide]

  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 216 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 234x156x12 mm, kaal: 311 g, 22 black and white illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026
  • Kirjastus: Manchester University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1526198312
  • ISBN-13: 9781526198310
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 216 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 234x156x12 mm, kaal: 311 g, 22 black and white illustrations
  • Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jun-2026
  • Kirjastus: Manchester University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1526198312
  • ISBN-13: 9781526198310
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This book explores the historical and social dynamics of Spiritualism - a religious movement associated in the popular imagination with nineteenth-century parlour séances and ghost photography. It continues to be practised actively today in Australia, the UK, and USA. The authors draw on their deep fieldwork, interviews, and archival research to analyse Spiritualisms resilience and the enduring popular appeal of mediumship.

There are three key contributions of the book: the first is that the scholarly study of belief should be rehabilitated. The authors propose a model of belief as a dialogue between claims to truth and commitments to institutions supporting those claims. The second is womens agency in Spiritualism. From the movements beginnings, strong female leaders have decisively shaped its religious and political profile. The third is the need to analyse Australian Spiritualism as a distinct variant of a transnational Anglophone family of ritual practice. -- .

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Rich, perceptive, and engaging. Let the dead speak provides a brilliant, concise introduction to Spiritualism through the contours of its Australian story. Clearly written, its sharp interdisciplinary analysis provides fresh insights into Spiritualisms past, influence, and broader significance, and crucially its character as a resilient living tradition. Geoff Troughton, Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington



Tracing the story of Spiritualism across continents and centuries, Singleton and Tomlinson portray a community convinced that the dead want to continue to connect with their loved ones. This is a form of faith grounded in doubt rather than brash conviction, where members work to bridge radically different worlds. Debra McDougall, University of Melbourne -- .

1 The Age of Aquarius
2 An Ever-Widening Circle of Interest
3 The Victorian Spiritualists Union and the Changing Face of Twentieth
Century Australia
4 The Service
5 Healing and Perfection
6 Metaphysical Therapy
7 The Theatre for Belief
8 A Little Outpost
9 Typically Spiritualist
10 Race and Ethnicity in the Spirit World
11 How Australian Is Australian Spiritualism?
Afterword. Here and Hereafter
Appendix A: Emma Hardinge Britten in Australia, 18781879
Appendix B: Arthur Conan Doyles The Wanderings of a Spiritualist: Missionary
Work in Australia, 19201921
Appendix C: Transcript of the Canberra Spiritualist Association Service of 6
August 2017
Index -- .
Matt Tomlinson is Associate Dean (Research) and Professor of Anthropology at the Australian National University.

Andrew Singleton is Professor of Sociology and Social Research at Deakin University. -- .