03562nam 22008055 450 991025534890332120240321230555.09781137490988113749098510.1057/9781137490988(CKB)3710000000653561(SSID)ssj0001669225(PQKBManifestationID)16458128(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001669225(PQKBWorkID)14827949(PQKB)11413440(DE-He213)978-1-137-49098-8(MiAaPQ)EBC4719925(PPN)263026809(Perlego)3488939(EXLCZ)99371000000065356120160429d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtccrPuritanism and Emotion in the Early Modern World /edited by A. Ryrie, Tom Schwanda1st ed. 2016.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2016.1 online resource (VII, 243 p.) Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World,2634-5846Includes index.9781137490971 1137490977 9781349696550 1349696552 The stereotype of the emotionless or gloomy Puritan is still with us, but this book's purpose is not merely to demonstrate that it is false. The reason to look at seventeenth-century English and American Puritans' understanding and experience of joy, happiness, assurance, and affliction is to show how important the emotions were for Puritan culture, from leading figures such as Richard Baxter and John Bunyan through to more obscure diarists and letter-writers. Rejecting the modern opposition between 'head' and 'heart', these men and women believed that a rational religion was also a deeply-felt one, and that contemplative practices and other spiritual duties could produce transporting joy which was understood as a Christian's birthright. The emotional experiences which they expected from their faith, and the ones they actually encountered, constituted much of its power. Theologians, historians and literary scholars here combine to bring the study of Puritanism together with the new vogue for the history of the emotions.Christianities in the Trans-Atlantic World,2634-5846PhilosophyHistoryGreat BritainHistoryAmericaHistoryHistory, ModernEuropeHistory1492-EmotionsHistory of PhilosophyHistory of Britain and IrelandHistory of the AmericasModern HistoryHistory of Early Modern EuropeEmotionPhilosophyHistory.Great BritainHistory.AmericaHistory.History, Modern.EuropeHistory1492-.Emotions.History of Philosophy.History of Britain and Ireland.History of the Americas.Modern History.History of Early Modern Europe.Emotion.285/.9Ryrie Aedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtSchwanda Tomedthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910255348903321Puritanism and Emotion in the Early Modern World2518863UNINA