The New Church in the New World

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Dr. Marguerite Beck Block (1889-1974) earned her PhD from Columbia University in 1932, where she later taught for twenty-five years. Block was one of the first students in Columbia University's religion department and edited the journal Review of Religion. Though not a Swedenborgian herself, Dr. Block's scholarship on Emanuel Swedenborg was driven by a deep appreciation for his work and a desire to present him as a "real human being."

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A history of the spread of the Church of the New Jerusalem, also known as the New Church, in the United States. The church is based on the writings of Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772).