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Enthusiasm : emotional practices of conviction in modern Germany / Monique Scheer.
Series: Emotions in history: ; Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (256 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191895975 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Protestantism -- Germany -- History -- 19th century | Experience (Religion) | Enthusiasm -- Religious aspectsAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198863595DDC classification: 280.4094309034 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Enthusiasm is desirable, yet dangerous. More than just affective intensity, it entails belief. Combining historical and ethnographic methods, this text explores different styles of religious enthusiasm in Modern Germany, inflected by historical traditions and social milieus, in an effort to understand the modern ambivalence toward this feeling.| Item type | Current library | Copy number | Status | |
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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Enthusiasm is desirable, yet dangerous. More than just affective intensity, it entails belief. Combining historical and ethnographic methods, this text explores different styles of religious enthusiasm in Modern Germany, inflected by historical traditions and social milieus, in an effort to understand the modern ambivalence toward this feeling.
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