Hearing things : religion, illusion, and the American enlightenment /

"Leigh Eric Schmidt conducts us through natural histories of the oracles, anatomies of the diseased ear, psychologies of the unsound mind, acoustic technologies (from speaking trumpets to talking machines), philosophical regimens for educating the senses, and rational recreations elaborated fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schmidt, Leigh Eric
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Listening > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > 18th century.
Piety > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > United States.
Listening > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > 19th century.
Piety > History > 19th century.
Piété > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > États-Unis.
Piété > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Enlightenment.
Piety.
Hören
Religion
Auditorische hallucinaties.
Religieuze ervaring.
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Listening > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Piety > History.
Piété > 19e siècle.
Piété > 18e siècle.
Paroles intérieures > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 19e siècle.
Paroles intérieures > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 18e siècle.
United States > Church history > 18th century.
United States > Church history > 19th century.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse > 18e siècle.
États-Unis > Histoire religieuse > 19e siècle.
United States.
USA.
Church history.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Hearing loss: More than meets the eye
  • Absences and presences
  • Sound Christians: Extraordinary call
  • God's oracles
  • Spiritual disciplines, spiritual senses
  • "The startled ear of night"
  • The noises of revival
  • "Take heed, therefore, how ye hear"
  • Oracles of reason: Working the oracle
  • Acoustics and the mechanization of the oracular voice
  • "Truth changes from day to day, and so do I"
  • How to become a ventriloquist: Vocal artifice
  • Magic shows
  • (Dis)trusting the ear
  • "Shivered into pieces"
  • "The diseased ear" and the unsound mind
  • Voices from spirit-land: Talking with angels
  • Bodies, spirits, senses
  • Talking with Swedenborg
  • Of tongue-speaking and the gifted hearer
  • Sacramental technologies.

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