RT Book
T1 Smitten: sex, gender, and the contest for souls in the Second Great Awakening
A1 Hessinger, Rodney
LA English
PP Ithaca New York
PB Cornell University Press
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1811737102
AB "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"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BR525
SN 9781501766473
K1 Second Great Awakening
K1 Christianity : United States : History : 19th century
K1 Enthusiasm : Religious aspects : Christianity : History : 19th century
K1 Sex : Religious aspects : Christianity : History : 19th century
K1 Sex role : Religious aspects : Christianity : History : 19th century
K1 Women in Christianity : United States : History : 19th century
K1 Christian Communities : United States : History : 19th century
K1 United States : Church history : 19th century