The New Church in the New World: A Study of Swedenborgianism in America

A history of the development of the Church of the New Jerusalem in the United States.

The Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church, is a Christian denomination that developed in the late eighteenth century, based on the writings of Swedish visionary Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). In this book, Marguerite Block explores the church’s beginnings and traces how it spread through the United States, from its introduction in Philadelphia after the American Revolution to its development through the nineteenth century. Originally published in 1932, this volume remains the most comprehensive book on New Church history in print. This 4th edition contains a new introduction and epilogue by Christopher A. Barber.

Marguerite Block was editor of the journal Review of Religion and curator of the Bush Collection of Religion and Culture at Columbia University in New York.