Title Religious Melancholy and Protestant Experience in America

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (321 pages) Series Religion in America series Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) Contents 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 Summary This study traces the phenomenon of "religious melancholy" among American evangelicals, focusing on the period 1740-1850 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-298) and index Notes English Print version record SUBJECT Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd Subject Depression, Mental -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines Anorexia nervosa -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines Protestant churches -- United States -- History Depression, Mental -- United States -- Epidemiology Anorexia nervosa -- United States -- Epidemiology Depression, Mental -- Epidemiology. Protestant churches. Protestantismus Religiöse Erfahrung Depression Melancholie SUBJECT United States -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139926 Subject United States. Genre/Form Church history. History. Form Electronic book LC no. 93023964 ISBN 9780195359473 019535947X 1280526866 9781280526862 1429405643 9781429405645

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