The Burned-over District - Whitney R. Cross

The Burned-over District

The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800–1850
Buch | Softcover
382 Seiten
1981
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8014-9232-7 (ISBN)
27,40 inkl. MwSt
During the first half of the nineteenth century the wooded hills and the valleys of western New York State were swept by fires of the spirit. The fervent religiosity of the region caused historians to call it the "burned-over...
During the first half of the nineteenth century the wooded hills and the valleys of western New York State were swept by fires of the spirit. The fervent religiosity of the region caused historians to call it the "burned-over district."

The late Whitney R. Cross was Assistant Professor of History at West Virginia University.

Preface

List of MapsBOOK I. ORIGINS: 1800–1825

Chapter 1. The Great Revival

Chapter 2. Yankee Benevolence

Chapter 3. PremonitionsBOOK II. ENVIRONMENT: 1825–1850

Chapter 4. Canal Days

Chapter 5. Social PatternsBOOK III. PORTENTS: 1825–1831

Chapter 6. The Martyr

Chapter 7. Yorker Benevolence

Chapter 8. The Prophet

Chapter 9. The EvangelistBOOK IV. GENESIS OF ULTRAISM: 1826–1837

Chapter 10. New Measures

Chapter 11. New Men

Chapter 12. New IdeasBOOK V. HARVEST: 1830–1845

Chapter 13. A Moral Reformation

Chapter 14. Perfect Sanctification

Chapter 15. Schism

Chapter 16. The Pattern of Dispersing UltraismBOOK VI. AFTERMATH: 1840–1850

Chapter 17. The End of the World

Chapter 18. Utopia Now

Chapter 19. World without End

Chapter 20. The Passing EraAppendix. Notes on Maps

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.12.1981
Zusatzinfo 25 Maps
Verlagsort Ithaca
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Liturgik / Homiletik
ISBN-10 0-8014-9232-7 / 0801492327
ISBN-13 978-0-8014-9232-7 / 9780801492327
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