Complex sentence: These churches and adherents share a spiritual, metaphysical and mystical predisposition and understanding of the Bible and were strongly influenced by the Transcendentalist movement particularly the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Split into simpler sentences: These churches and adherents share a spiritual, metaphysical and mystical predisposition and understanding of the Bible. Founders were strongly influenced by the Transcendentalist movement, particularly the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson.