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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Main Author: Hessinger, Rodney (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2022
In:Year: 2022
Further subjects:B Sex role Religious aspects Christianity History 19th century
B Enthusiasm Religious aspects Christianity History 19th century
B Women in Christianity (United States) History 19th century
B Second Great Awakening
B Christianity (United States) History 19th century
B Sex Religious aspects Christianity History 19th century
B Christian Communities (United States) History 19th century
B United States Church history 19th century
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: Hessinger, Rodney: Smitten. - Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022. - 9781501766480
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Summary:"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 Great Awakening, highlighting the subsequent domestication of religion in response to these challenges"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1501766473