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Author Corrigan, John, 1952-

Title Business of the heart : religion and emotion in the nineteenth century / John Corrigan
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 389 pages)
Contents Introduction: Religion, emotion, and the double self -- The businessmen's revival -- The anxiety of Boston at mid-century -- Overexcitement, economic collapse, and the regulation of business -- Emotion, collective performance and value -- Emotional religion and the ministerial "balance-wheel" -- Men-women, and emotion -- Domestic contracts -- Clerks, apprentices, and boyculture -- Prayerful transactions -- Emotion, character, and ethnicity -- Epilogue: The meaning of the revival and its legacy -- Appendix 1. History, religion, and emotion: a historiographical survey -- Appendix 2. Emotion as heart, blood, and body -- Appendix 3. Emotion and the common sense philosophy
Summary The 'Businessmen's Revival' was a religious revival that unfolded in the wake of the 1857 market crash among white, middle-class Protestants. Delving into the religious history of Boston in the 1850s, John Corrigan gives an imaginative and wide-ranging interpretive study of the revival's significance
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-369) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Revivals -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century
Emotions -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 19th century
Protestants -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History -- 19th century
Businessmen -- Religious life -- Massachusetts -- Boston
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Businessmen -- Religious life
Emotions -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines
Protestants
Revivals
Opwekkingsbewegingen.
Massachusetts -- Boston
Massachusetts.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520924321
0520924320
1417523581
9781417523580
9780520221963
0520221966