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Catherine L. Albanese - Delight Makers, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Delight Makers

Anglo-American Metaphysical Religion and the Pursuit of Happiness

Av Catherine L. Albanese

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An ambitious history of desire in Anglo-American religion across three centuries.  The pursuit of happiness weaves disparate strands of Anglo-American religious history together. In The Delight Makers, Catherine L. Albanese unravels a theology of desire tying Jonathan Edwards to Ralph Waldo Emerson to the religiously unaffiliated today. As others emphasize redemptive suffering, this tradition stresses the “metaphysical” connection between natural beauty and spiritual fulfillment. In the earth’s abundance, these thinkers see an expansive God intent on fulfilling human desire through prosperity, health, and sexual freedom. Through careful readings of Cotton Mather, Andrew Jackson Davis, William James, Esther Hicks, and more, Albanese reveals how a theology of delight evolved alongside political overtures to natural law and individual liberty in the United States.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2023-01-18
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
  • Vikt: 626 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 384
  • Förlag: The University of Chicago Press
  • ISBN: 9780226823331
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Catherine L. Albanese is J. F. Rowny Distinguished Professor Emerita in Comparative Religions at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the author of numerous books, including A Republic of Mind and Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion.

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"Any subject in the hands of eminent historian of American religion Catherine Albanese will be treated with scholarly precision and respect. This is particularly true in this study of some personages she calls 'delight makers.' . . . Published at a time when Americans seem to be seeking all varieties of new forms of pleasure, Albanese’s treatment of delight makers from the 17th to the 21st century will be informative and appreciated by a wide audience, including those outside the academy."

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