Smitten : : Sex, Gender, and the Contest for Souls in the Second Great Awakening / / Rodney Hessinger.
In Smitten, Rodney Hessinger examines how the Second Great Awakening disrupted gender norms across a breadth of denominations. The displacement and internal migration of Americans created ripe conditions for religious competition in the North. Hessinger argues that during this time of religious ferm...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 “Fanaticism Can Wield Such a Mighty Influence over the Female Heart” The Evolving Rhetoric of Anti-Mormonism in the Early Republic
- Chapter 2 “A Base and Unmanly Conspiracy” The Hogan Schism and Catholicism in a Gendered Religious Marketplace
- Chapter 3 “The Fruits of Shakerism” The Embodiment of Motherhood in Debates between Shakers and Their Rivals
- Chapter 4 Mixing “the Poison of Lust with the Ardor of Devotion” Conjuring Fears of the Reverend Rake and the Rise of Anti-Enthusiasm Literature
- Chapter 5 The Sexual Containment of Perfectionism: John Humphrey Noyes and His Critics
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index