Bøker av Jan Wim Buisman

From time immemorial, thunder and lightning were seen as a wrathful Deity's instruments of punishment. But then, in 1752, came Benjamin Franklin's paradigm-shifting invention of the lightning rod, and the way we view God and nature was changed forever.

Both men and women have claimed to be the living voices or intermediaries of God. This volume analyses the basis of their authoritative claims and ask how and how far they succeeded in securing obedience from their followers.