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Author White, Christopher G., 1969-

Title Unsettled Minds : Psychology and the American Search for Spiritual Assurance, 1830-1940 / Christopher G. White.

Publication Info. Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome.
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Summary 'Unsettled Minds' examines how 19th- and 20th-century American beleivers rejected older, often evangelical theological traditions and turned to scientific psychologies to formulate new ideas about mind and spirit and new practices for spiritual growth.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Minds Intensely Unsettled; 2. Fragments of Truth; 3. Nervous Energies; 4. Neuromuscular Christians; 5. "A Multitude of Superstitions and Crudities"; 6. Suggestive Explanations; Epilogue: Intensely Unsettled-Again; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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Subject Psychology, Religious -- United States.
Psychology, Religious.
United States.
Psychology and religion -- United States.
Psychology and religion.
Christianity -- Psychology.
Christianity -- Psychology.
Liberalism (Religion) -- United States.
Liberalism (Religion)
United States -- Religion.
Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780520256798
ISBN 9780520942721 (electronic book)
0520942728 (electronic book)
9780520256798
0520256794