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Author White, Christopher G., 1969-

Title Unsettled Minds : Psychology and the American Search for Spiritual Assurance, 1830-1940 / Christopher G. White
Published Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Minds Intensely Unsettled; 2. Fragments of Truth; 3. Nervous Energies; 4. Neuromuscular Christians; 5. "A Multitude of Superstitions and Crudities"; 6. Suggestive Explanations; Epilogue: Intensely Unsettled-Again; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary 'Unsettled Minds' examines how 19th- and 20th-century American beleivers rejected older, often evangelical theological traditions and turned to scientific psychologies to formulate new ideas about mind and spirit and new practices for spiritual growth
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Psychology, Religious -- United States
Psychology and religion -- United States
Christianity -- Psychology
Liberalism (Religion) -- United States
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Christianity -- Psychology
Liberalism (Religion)
Psychology and religion
Psychology, Religious
Religion
SUBJECT United States -- Religion. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140498
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008009380
ISBN 9780520942721
0520942728