This is the audio version of my recent essay on the influence of Emanuel Swedenborg on early American religion. John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, was a Swedenborgian missionary. William Kerrigan’s book Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard: A Cultural History offers a spiritual biography of the legendary frontier planter.
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The Missionary Life Of Johnny Appleseed (Audio)
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The Missionary Life Of Johnny Appleseed (Audio)
And the history of extraterrestrials in American religion
May 26, 2024
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