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Baylor University Press, September Date: 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. While pinpointing the origin of modernity's love affair with spontaneity is certainly a complex, if not impossible, endeavor, Lori Branch examines the literatures of the eighteenth century in order to distill modernity's shift from a belief in ritual to an ultimately moral and aesthetic valuing of spontaneity. Acting as an archaeologist of history, literature, and religion, she highlights the secularizing trajectory inherent in the ideology of spontaneity and the sense of anxious paralysis it bred. The works of John Bunyan, Branch points out, provide both a theology of spontaneity and an example of the pervasive anxiety spontaneous prayer generates in the adherent's soul. The excruciating cost of this belief, she contends, is 'a theology that has come to understand itself almost wholly in evidentiary, economic terms.' Secular philosophers first derided then refashioned the spirituality of these religious enthusiasts as their own brand of 'true enthusiasm,' to the extent that leaders of the Enlightenment sought to forge a union of rationalized faith with this new philosophy of feeling, alternately abandoning and reviving its explicitly religious overtones. In particular, the third Earl of Shaftesbury endeavored to articulate a universal ethics based on this spontaneous moral sense, which resulted personally in a violent splitting of the self. Branch devotes subsequent chapters to ...
Baylor University Press 2006 Hardcover Very Good While pinpointing the origin of modernity's love affair with spontaneity is certainly a complex, if not impossible, endeavor, Lori Branch examines the literatures of the eighteenth century in order to distill modernity's shift from a belief in ritual to an ultimately moral and aesthetic valuing of spontaneity. Acting as an archaeologist of history, literature, and religion, she highlights the secularizing trajectory inherent in the ideology of spontaneity and the sense of anxious paralysis it bred. The works of John Bunyan, Branch points out, provide both a theology of spontaneity and an example of the pervasive anxiety spontaneous prayer generates in the adherent's soul. The excruciating cost of this belief, she contends, is 'a theology that has come to understand itself almost wholly in evidentiary, economic terms. ' Secular philosophers first derided then refashioned the spirituality of these religious enthusiasts as their own brand of 'true enthusiasm, ' to the extent that leaders of the Enlightenment sought to forge a union of rationalized faith with this new philosophy of feeling, alternately abandoning and reviving its explicitly religious overtones. In particular, the third Earl of Shaftesbury endeavored to articulate a universal ethics based on this spontaneous moral sense, which resulted personally in a violent splitting of the self. Branch devotes subsequent chapters to spontaneity's effect on the quasi-religious l ...
ISBN10: 1932792112, ISBN13: 9781932792119, [publisher: Baylor University Press September 2006] Hardcover While pinpointing the origin of modernity's love affair with spontaneity is certainly a complex, if not impossible, endeavor, Lori Branch examines the literatures of the eighteenth century in order to distill modernity's shift from a belief in ritual to an ultimately moral and aesthetic valuing of spontaneity. Acting as an archaeologist of history, literature, and religion, she highlights the secularizing trajectory inherent in the ideology of spontaneity and the sense of anxious paralysis it bred. The works of John Bunyan, Branch points out, provide both a theology of spontaneity and an example of the pervasive anxiety spontaneous prayer generates in the adherent's soul. The excruciating cost of this belief, she contends, is 'a theology that has come to understand itself almost wholly in evidentiary, economic terms.' Secular philosophers first derided then refashioned the spirituality of these religious enthusiasts as their own brand of 'true enthusiasm,' to the extent that leaders of the Enlightenment sought to forge a union of rationalized faith with this new philosophy of feeling, alternately abandoning and reviving its explicitly religious overtones. In particular, the third Earl of Shaftesbury endeavored to articulate a universal ethics based on this spontaneous moral sense, which resulted personally in a violent splitting o ...
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ISBN10: 1932792112, ISBN13: 9781932792119, [publisher: Baylor University Press] Hardcover First Edition External Condition: Excellent. Clean. Internal Condition: Excellent. Clean. ISBN: 9781932792119. Author/Editor: Branch, Lori. Publisher: Baylor University Press. Year: 2006. Edition: 1st. Binding: Hardcover. Dust Jacket: Yes. Unclipped. Illustrated: No. Language: English. Page Count: 348. Keywords: free prayer, Wordsworth, Christian worship, culture of sensibility, enlightenment. The book for sale is the one in the photo. All dust jackets are put in a protective sleeve prior to shipping. [Southsea, HAMPS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]
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