Church in the Wild : : Evangelicals in Antebellum America / / Brett Malcolm Grainger.

Emerson and the Transcendentalists get credit for revolutionizing religious life in America by introducing a new appreciation of nature. But in this reconsideration of faith in the antebellum period, Brett Malcolm Grainger argues that it was Evangelical revivalists who transformed everyday religious...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
CONTENTS --
INTRODUCTION --
1. A TOLERABLE IDOLATRY --
2. THE BOOK OF NATURE --
3. THROUGH NATURE TO NATURE’S GOD --
4. HEALING SPRINGS --
5. THE THEOLOGY OF ELECTRICITY --
CONCLUSION --
NOTES --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
INDEX
Summary:Emerson and the Transcendentalists get credit for revolutionizing religious life in America by introducing a new appreciation of nature. But in this reconsideration of faith in the antebellum period, Brett Malcolm Grainger argues that it was Evangelical revivalists who transformed everyday religious life and spiritualized the natural environment.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674239548
9783110610765
9783110610741
9783110606508
9783110652031
DOI:10.4159/9780674239548
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Brett Malcolm Grainger.