CFI-L.A.'s FEED YOUR BRAIN Lecture Series presents

Prof. Daniel Walker Howe

What Hath God Wrought: Millennial and Utopian Movements in the Young Republic

Sunday, March 2
11 a.m.

         William Miller predicted the Second Coming of Christ would occur in 1843 or 1844. Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, also preached that the Second Coming was near at hand. Nat Turner, an African-American mystic and millennial preacher, led the largest slave uprising in American history. Many other groups, both religious and secular, founded utopian communities to demonstrate their principles. Among them were the secular humanist followers of Robert Owen at New Harmony, Indiana. Why did all these individuals and groups emerge during those early years of the United States?

         Prof. Daniel Walker Howe examines these movements in his talk based on his new, critically acclaimed book, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848. His book, one in the award-winning Oxford History of the United States series, has been nominated for the National Book Critics award. Prof. Howe is Rhodes Professor of American History Emeritus, Oxford University, and Professor of History Emeritus, UCLA.

$6, or free for Friends of the Center

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