{"product_id":"smitten-sex-gender-and-the-contest-for-souls-in-the-second-great-awakening-hardback-9781501766473","title":"Smitten; Sex, Gender, and the Contest for Souls in the Second Great Awakening (Hardback) 9781501766473","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSmitten\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSex, Gender, and the Contest for Souls in the Second Great Awakening\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRodney Hessinger (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501766473\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e228 pages, 15 b\u0026amp;w halftones - 15 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author's strategy is to identify contemporary literature defending and condemning the rake ministers and radical sexual practices religion legitimized. He argues that these debates helped shape Americans' understanding of monogamous marriage. Contemporary readers are reminded of the significance of freedom of religion and the press in informing opinion and of the persistence of gender injustice and clerical failures.\u003c\/p\u003e (Choice) \u003cp\u003eThis book will be useful for historians interested in religion and those interested in the history of gender and sexuality. By entangling the two, Hessinger brings an important intervention to the study of the Second Great Awakening that centers the women actors prominent in religious activities throughout various denominations.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of Mormon History) \u003cp\u003eThe book builds on and expands beyond the richly developed, if necessarily narrow, subfields dedicated to Protestant revivalists, intentional communities, Mormons, and Catholic history. With its compelling case studies centered on dramatic events (a tar-and-feathering, court cases, and pamphlet wars), Smitten would work well in undergraduate classes as an introduction to the Second Great Awakening and the religious innovations that characterize the era.\u003c\/p\u003e (American Historical Review)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmitten\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Rodney Hessinger examines how the Second Great Awakening disrupted gender norms across a breadth of denominations. \u003c\/b\u003eThe displacement and internal migration of Americans created ripe conditions for religious competition in the North. Hessinger argues that during this time of religious ferment, religious seekers could, in turn, play the missionary or the convert. The dynamic of religious rivalry inexorably led toward sexual and gender disruption. Contending within an increasingly democratic religious marketplace, preachers had to court converts in order to flourish. They won followers through charismatic allure and making concessions to the desires of the people. Opening their own hearts to new religious impulses, some religious visionaries offered up radical dispensations—including new visions of how God wanted them to reorder sex and gender relations in society. A wide array of churches, including Methodists, Baptists, Mormons, Shakers, Catholics, and Perfectionists, joined the fray. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious contention and innovation ultimately produced backlash. Charges of seduction and gender trouble ignited fights within, among, and against churches. Religious opponents insisted that the newly converted were smitten with preachers, rather than choosing churches based on reason and scripture. Such criticisms coalesced into a broader pan-Protestant rejection of religious enthusiasm. \u003ci\u003eSmitten\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the sexual disruptions and subsequent domestication of religion during the Second Great Awakening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. \"Fanaticism can wield such a mighty influence over the female heart\": The Evolving Rhetoric of Anti-Mormonism in the Early Republic\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"A Base and Unmanly Conspiracy\": The Hogan Schism and Catholicism in a Gendered Religious Marketplace\u003cbr\u003e 3. \"The Fruits of Shakerism\": The Embodiment of Motherhood in Debates between Shakers and their Rivals\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mixing \"the poison of lust with the ardor of devotion\": Conjuring Fears of the Reverend Rake and the Rise of Anti-Enthusiasm Literature\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Sexual Containment of Perfectionism: John Humphrey Noyes and his Critics\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607877939480,"sku":"9781501766473","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/smitten-sex-gender-and-the-contest-for-souls-in-the-second-great-awakening-hardback-9781501766473","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}