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Autore |
Rubin Julius H |
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Titolo |
Religious melancholy and Protestant experience in America / / Julius H. Rubin |
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New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1994 |
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0-19-774087-1 |
1-280-52686-6 |
0-19-535947-X |
1-4294-0564-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 pages) |
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Collana |
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Religion in America series |
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280.40973 |
280/.4/0973 |
285.709 |
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Soggetti |
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Depression, Mental - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines |
Anorexia nervosa - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines |
Protestant churches - United States - History |
Depression, Mental - Epidemiology - United States |
Anorexia nervosa - Epidemiology - United States |
United States Church history |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-298) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. The Protestant Ethic and the Melancholy Spirit; 2. Evangelical Pietism in America; 3. Evangelical Anorexia Nervosa; 4. What Hath God Wrought? Religious Melancholy in the Second Great Awakening; 5. Sinners Who Would Fast unto Death; 6. The Passing Away of Religious Melancholy?; Appendix A: Pastoral Care; Appendix B: Revivalists As Mediatorial Elites; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study traces the phenomenon of ""religious melancholy"" among American evangelicals, focusing on the period 1740-1850. |
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