Business of the heart : religion and emotion in the nineteenth century / John Corrigan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corrigan, John, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revivals--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century.

Revivals.

Emotions--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--19th century.

Emotions.

Protestants--Massachusetts--Boston--History--19th century.

Protestants.

Businessmen--Religious life--Massachusetts--Boston.

Businessmen.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 389 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

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 1850's, John Corrigan gives an imaginative and wide-ranging interpretive study of the revival's significance.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION: Religion, Emotion, and the Double Self

ONE. The Businessmen's Revival

TWO. The Anxiety of Boston at Mid-Century

THREE. Overexcitement, Economic Collapse, and the Regulation of Business

FOUR. Emotion, Collective Performance, and Value

FIVE. Emotional Religion and the Ministerial "Balance-Wheel"

SIX. Men, Women, and Emotion

SEVEN. Domestic Contracts

EIGHT. Clerks, Apprentices, and Boy culture

NINE. Prayerful Transactions

TEN. 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

Notes

Selected Manuscript Diaries, Journals, Correspondences, and Papers

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p/99-369) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780520924321

0520924320

9781597345170

1597345172

OCLC:

475929046