Adkin, Clare E., 159n28
Ahlbäck, Tore, 77
alternative spirituality, 23–25, 32–44, 47–49, 80–81, 121–25; Finland, 78–79, 80; Great Britain, 44, 47, 48, 53–9, 61–62, 86–92, 103; Jamaica, 70–77, 115–19; Netherlands, 13, 34; New Age movement, 24–25, 41, 48, 53, 121–25, 130–31, 153n75; United States, 66–70
Altinordu, Ateş, 32
Anglican Church. See Church of England
Asprem, Egil, 34
Austin-Broos, Diane J., 72, 73
baptism, 73
Barltrop, Mabel, 4, 10, 15–16, 19, 21; death, 33, 85, 114; prophecies, 22–23, 149n92, 149n96, 149n100; and spiritualism, 23, 52; theology, 25–29, 54
Beckford, James A., 123
Berger, Peter L., 32, 36, 38–39, 96
Besant, Annie, 54
Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna, 53–54
Bluemke, Matthias, 96
Bowman, Marion, 24, 42, 121, 127, 128
Byrne, Georgina, 60
Caribbean culture, 70–77, 118–19
Carroll, Anthony, 32
Chaves, Mark, 35
Christ (Jesus Christ), 59
Christian Science, 25, 53, 55–56, 57–58, 60, 61, 62, 66, 74, 92, 114, 129, 157n72
Christianity, 31–44, 59–62, 66, 87, 125–26, 128–29
Christiano, Kevin J., 96
Church Congress (1924), 11
Church of England, 4, 6, 22–23, 59–62
consumerism, 37
Cox, Harvey, 34
curingyards (balmyards), 73–74, 118
data analysis: Finland, 65–66, 158n6; Great Britain, 51–53, 56–62, 88–92, 155n2–n7; Jamaica, 63–65, 89–90; metaphysical themes, 108–20; patterns of correspondence, 44–49, 88–90; religious language, 99–107, 109–10; United States, 63–64, 89–90, 92–93
death, fear of, 39, 85–87, 94–95, 129–30
Dewhirst, Harry, 68
Dixon, Joy, 53
Eddy, Mary Baker, 55
Elim Pentecostalism, 104
Ervast, Pekka, 66, 77–79, 81, 102
eschatology, 4–5, 18, 19, 21, 22–23, 92–97, 102, 103. See also feminine, in eschatology; masculine, in eschatology
evangelism, 72–73, 75, 115–19, 160n45
Exeter, Helen, 21
Faith on the Home Front (Parker), 87
Father, aspect of godhead. See masculine, aspect of godhead
female, aspect of godhead. See feminine, aspect of godhead; feminine, in eschatology
feminine, aspect of godhead, 17, 21, 22, 28, 99; in eschatology, xx, 16–18, 21, 22, 28–29, 47–48
feminist theology, 18
Field, Clive D., 87
folk religion. See vernacular religion
Freemasonry, 24
Frisk, Liselotte, 48
George V, King of Great Britain, 5–6
God. See feminine, aspect of godhead; masculine, aspect of godhead
Goldstein, Warren, 36
Goodwin, Emily, 10–11, 28, 33, 85, 91
Gorski, Philip S., 32
Halberstadt, Jamin, 96
Hanegraaff, Wouter, 25, 35, 41, 53, 122, 123, 124, 126
Hansen, Ian G., 96
Hedges, Ellie, 123
Hickson, James Moore, 60
Hirst, Julie, 16
Hopkins, James K., 17
House of David community (Benton Harbor), 68–70, 79, 159n28
Houtman, Dick, 34
Hughes, Brian M., 122
individualism, 40
influenza epidemic (1918–1919), 10
Jesus Christ, 59
Jong, Jonathan, 96
Juster, Susan, 17
Kaplan, Jeffrey, 33
Kollar, Rene, 60
Lambeth Conference, of 1908, 60–61, 157n72; of 1920, 60, 61, 157n72; of 1930, 157n72
Leskelä-Kärki, Maarit, 77
Lockhart, Alastair, 158n6
Lockley, Philip J., 159n20
Luckmann, Thomas, 36, 37–38, 113, 125–26, 153n59
male, aspect of godhead. See masculine, aspect of godhead; masculine, in eschatology
Mascini, Peter, 34
masculine, aspect of godhead, 17, 21, 28; in eschatology, 21, 28
McGuire, Meredith B., 40, 41, 48, 121, 122–23, 153n75
Millenarianism, 17–18, 20–21, 22, 68–70, 85, 95–96
Mills, Michael, 70
missionaries, 72–73, 75, 115–19, 160n45
Mother, aspect of godhead. See feminine, aspect of godhead
Myalism, 73
mysticism, 16–17, 27, 33, 53, 61–62
New Age spirituality, 24–25, 41, 48, 53, 121–25, 130–31, 153n75
Niblett, Matthew, 18
Norenzayan, Ara, 96
occultism, 23–25, 53–59, 66–68
Octavia (Mabel Barltrop). See Barltrop, Mabel
Octavia: Daughter of God (Shaw), 10–11
Panacea Society: advertising, 9–13, 83–86, 90, 164n37; archives, xv–xix, 13–14, 135–40, 141n2; history, 4–6, 133–34; patterns of correspondence, 44–49, 51–3, 88–90; theology, 25–29, 54, 71, 79–80, 85, 87, 124–25; Towers, xviii, 78, 117
Parker, Stephen, 87
Partridge, Christopher, 34, 53, 121–22
personal religion, xvi–xvii, 32–44, 47–49, 121–25; occultism, 23–25, 53–59; transcendence, 37–38, 41–44, 113–15, 120, 125–31. See also alternative spirituality
pluralism, 40
positive thinking, 124
Primiano, Leonard Norman, 42–43, 127
Puzzled People (Mass Observation report), 87
religious change, xvi–xvii, 31–49; decline of mainstream beliefs, 31–44, 59–62, 66, 87, 125–26, 128–29; Finland, 33, 162n94; Great Britain, 33–34, 53–59; Jamaica, 33, 71–77; United States, 32–33, 35
religious language, 99–107, 109–10
resurrection, 21
Richards, Thomas, 84
Rosicrucianism, 24
salvation, 21, 25–29, 59–60, 68, 87
secularization thesis, xvi–xvii, 31–44
Seymour, Alice, 4
Shaw, Jane, 10–11, 24, 33–34, 41–42, 53, 56, 60, 129
Shaw, William (d. 1822), 20
Shepstone, Helen. See Exeter, Helen
sin, 75
Social Reality of Religion (Berger), 39
South Africa, 13
Southcott, Joanna, 4, 11, 16, 17–19, 20, 22–23, 28, 79
spiritual healing, 1–9, 13–14, 63–81; of children, 2–3, 8, 52; Finland, 3–4, 8–9, 12, 44, 65–66, 77–79, 80; Great Britain, 12, 13, 44, 47, 48, 51–62, 88–92; India, 112–15; Jamaica, 2–3, 7–8, 12–13, 44, 47, 48, 63–65, 70–77, 79–80, 89–90, 145n82; Panacea Society method, xv–xvi, 1–4, 27–28, 142n10, 143n34, 144n71, 144n78; scepticism and discontent, 81, 94, 102–7; theology of, 25–29, 54, 73–77, 80, 87, 121–25; United States, 2, 7, 8, 12–13, 44–45, 55, 63–64, 66–70, 79, 89–90, 92–93
spiritualism, 7, 23–25, 27, 52–55, 59, 61, 62, 66–68, 92, 103, 104, 129
Strange Effects of Faith, The (Southcott), 17
Sutcliffe, Steven, 24
Swatos, William H., 96
syncretism, 73
Taylor, Claire Rachel, 33–34, 72
Temme, Willi, 17
theodicy, 119
theology, gendered, 16–18, 21, 22, 28–9, 42, 47–49
theosophy, 3, 10, 23, 25, 53–54, 56–59, 61, 62, 63, 66, 77, 80, 92, 114, 124, 129
Thompson, E. P., 17
Towers (Panacea Society regional agents), xviii, 78, 117
transcendence, 37–38, 41–44, 113–15, 120, 125–31
Trzebiatowska, Marta, 48
Tschannen, Olivier, 37
Turner, George (d. 1821), 20
urbanization, 34
vernacular religion, 42–43, 78–79, 127–31. See also alternative spirituality
Voas, David, 35
water-takers. See spiritual healing
Watts, Fraser N., 96
West African religion, influence on Jamaica, 71–77
White, James. See Jezreel, James
Wickham, Edward, 87
Willer, Robb, 86
Williams, Ryan J., 96
women: alternative spirituality, 23–25, 47–49; and the Fall, 28–29; eschatological role of, 16–18, 21, 28–29; feminism, 23–25; as prophets, 4, 15–19, 21
World War I, 60
worldviews, 37