Experimental theology in America: Madame Guyon, Fénelon, and their readers

American popular piety and continental spirituality : the ecumenical contexts of nineteenth-century holiness camp meetings -- The reputation of Madame Guyon : personalities, politics, and religious controversy under Louis XIV -- The denouement of the quietist drama and early intermediaries to Protes...

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Main Author: Ward, Patricia A. 1940- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Waco, Tex. Baylor Univ. Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Reviews:[Rezension von: Ward, Patricia A., Experimental Theology in America. Madame Guyon, Fénelon and their readers] (2012) (Chevallier, Marjolaine)
Experimental Theology in America: Madame Guyon, Fénelon, and Their Readers by Patricia A. Ward (review) (2011) (Pagani, Karen)
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Piety / Quietism / History 1800-1860
B Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte 1648-1717 / Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe 1651-1715 / Reception / Ascetic theology / USA / History 1800-1860
Further subjects:B Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte (1648-1717)
B Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe- 1651-1715
B United States Church history
B Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe- (1651-1715)
B Motte-and-bailey castle 1648-1717
B Pietism History United States
B Quietism (United States) History
B Quietism History United States
B Pietism (United States) History
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Summary:American popular piety and continental spirituality : the ecumenical contexts of nineteenth-century holiness camp meetings -- The reputation of Madame Guyon : personalities, politics, and religious controversy under Louis XIV -- The denouement of the quietist drama and early intermediaries to Protestant circles -- Madame Guyon and the pietist mind-set : the transmission of quietism to German-speaking Pennsylvania -- The praxis of piety : Quaker and Methodist mediation of the works of Fénelon and Madame Guyon -- Persons of eminent piety and writers of spiritual wisdom : Fénelon, Madame Guyon and their American readership, 1800-1840 -- From experimental religion to experimental holiness : contexts of Thomas Upham's reinterpretation of Madame Guyon, 1840-1860 -- The turn to devotional literature : readers of Fénelon, from Boardman, Stowe, and Bushnell to twentieth-century Evangelicals -- The legacy of Madame Guyon from 1850 to 2000 : from romantic sentimentalism to the Charismatic Movement
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1602581975