The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America [Paperback]

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A curious 19th-century American episode is examined in this fluid, well-contextualized and dramatically detailed account. From the 1820s for the 1840s, explain historians Johnson ( A Shopkeeper's Millenium ) and Wilentz ( Chants Democratic ), the nation was awash in religious revivalism, a reaction by those bypassed through the industrial revolution. In 1832 Elijah Pierson, a Ny merchant and religious reformer turned self-proclaimed prophet, met Matthias, born Robert Matthews, an outcast in churches who declared his own visions. Matthias took over Pierson's pulpit, preaching an apocalypse that promised no economic oppression for the worthy who survived. Matthias, however, lived extravagantly, and stole a follower's wife. Pierson's mysterious death in 1834 triggered Matthias's arrest for murder and generated much publicity inside the fledgling scandal-hungry Ny City penny press. Matthias, found guilty on the lesser charge, later disappeared. His story, the authors note, influenced Herman Melville, and shows parallels with outsider religions and cults. An ex-slave who was simply Pierson's servant and Matthias's disciple continued to attain lasting influence under the name Sojourner Truth. Illustrations not seen by PW.
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In the 1830s in New York, Robert Matthews proclaimed himself to get the prophet Matthias. He had become the center of a communal, patriarchal cult, by which his fanatical fervor captivated many respectable people. Economic and sexual surrender were demanded in patterns familiar to us from Jonestown and Waco. Matthias was eventually tried to the murder of a follower. Historians Johnson (Univ. of Utah) and Wilentz (Princeton Univ.) present a highly readable and well-researched examination of this forgotten figure of the Second Great Awakening in American religious history. Matthias is presented effectively contrary to the backdrop of his social and economic times and brought vividly to life. Recommended for public and academic libraries with reader interest.
- C. Robert Nixon, MLS, Lafayette, Ind.
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