Smitten : sex, gender, and the contest for souls in the Second Great Awakening /

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"This work investigates the experience of enthusiastic religion in early-nineteenth-century America, particularly among the Mormons, Shakers, Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, and Oneida Perfectionists. It reveals how religious competition produced sexual and gender disruptions during the Second...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hessinger, Rodney (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Second Great Awakening.
Christianity > United States > History > 19th century.
Enthusiasm > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 19th century.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 19th century.
Sex role > Religious aspects > Christianity > History > 19th century.
Women in Christianity > United States > History > 19th century.
Christian communities > United States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
Christian communities.
Christianity.
Enthusiasm > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Sex role > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Women in Christianity.
United States of America, USA.
19th century, c 1800 to c 1899.
History of the Americas.
Religion & beliefs.
Religion.
United States > Church history > 19th century.
United States.
Church history.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Fanaticism can wield such a mighty influence over the female heart" : The Evolving Rhetoric of Anti-Mormonism in the Early Republic
  • "A Base and Unmanly Conspiracy" : The Hogan Schism and Catholicism in a Gendered Religious Marketplace
  • "The Fruits of Shakerism" : The Embodiment of Motherhood in Debates between Shakers and Their Rivals
  • Mixing "the poison of lust with the ardor of devotion" : Conjuring Fears of the Reverend Rake and the Rise of Anti-enthusiasm Literature
  • The Sexual Containment of Perfectionism : John Humphrey Noyes and His Critics.

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