| Contents |
"Fanaticism can wield such a mighty influence over the female heart" : The Evolving Rhetoric of Anti-Mormonism in the Early Republic -- "A Base and Unmanly Conspiracy" : The Hogan Schism and Catholicism in a Gendered Religious Marketplace -- "The Fruits of Shakerism" : The Embodiment of Motherhood in Debates between Shakers and Their Rivals -- Mixing "the poison of lust with the ardor of devotion" : Conjuring Fears of the Reverend Rake and the Rise of Anti-enthusiasm Literature -- The Sexual Containment of Perfectionism : John Humphrey Noyes and His Critics. |
| Abstract |
"This work investigates the experience of enthusiastic religion in early-nineteenth-century America, particularly among the Mormons, Shakers, Catholics, Methodists, Baptists, and Oneida Perfectionists. It reveals how religious competition produced sexual and gender disruptions during the Second Great Awakening, highlighting the subsequent domestication of religion in response to these challenges"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Hessinger, Rodney. Smitten Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501766480 |
| Genre/form | Church history. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022010574 |
| ISBN | 9781501766473 |
| ISBN | 1501766473 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
