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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Auteur principal: Hessinger, Rodney (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2022
Dans:Année: 2022
Sujets non-standardisés: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
Édition parallèle:Erscheint auch als: Hessinger, Rodney: Smitten. - Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022. - 9781501766480
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Résumé:"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"--
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1501766473