Religious melancholy and Protestant experience in America [[electronic resource] /] / Julius H. Rubin

• Autore: Rubin Julius H
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 280.40973; 280/.4/0973; 285.709
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Church history
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Religious melancholy and Protestant experience in America
• ISBN: 1-280-52686-6; 0-19-535947-X; 1-4294-0564-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451142103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)