Scheer, Monique,

Enthusiasm : emotional practices of conviction in modern Germany / Monique Scheer. - First edition. - 1 online resource (256 pages). - Emotions in history Oxford scholarship online . - Emotions in history. Oxford scholarship online. .

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.

Specialized.

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Protestantism--History--Germany--19th century.
Experience (Religion)
Enthusiasm--Religious aspects.

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