Smitten : sex, gender, and the contest for souls in the Second Great Awakening /
"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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, New York :
Cornell University Press,
2022.
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Table des matières:
- "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.