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 Great...

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Main Author: Hessinger, Rodney (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2022.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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. --
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-203) and index.
ISBN:9781501766497
150176649X
9781501766480
1501766481

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