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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777323103321

Autore

Rubin Julius H

Titolo

Religious melancholy and Protestant experience in America / / Julius H. Rubin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1994

ISBN

0-19-774087-1

1-280-52686-6

0-19-535947-X

1-4294-0564-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 pages)

Collana

Religion in America series

Disciplina

280.40973

280/.4/0973

285.709

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

This study traces the phenomenon of ""religious melancholy"" among American evangelicals, focusing on the period 1740-1850.