God's Caress The Psychology of Puritan Religious Experience

Name: God's Caress The Psychology of Puritan Religious Experience
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ISBN: 9780195056877

ISBN-10: 0195056876

ISBN-13: 9780195056877

Edition: 1986 (Reprint)

Authors: Charles Lloyd Cohen

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Although scripture demands rebirth for all of God's chosen people, the actual experience of religious conversion is largely determined by the complex interaction between individuals and clergy. This book focuses on the Puritan experience of conversion, which culminated in the celebration of strength liberated for divine purposes, to examine how ministers elaborated the psychological imperatives of faith and their listeners modified and internalized them. Looking at firsthand accounts of personal conversion as well as at sermons and tracts, Cohen discusses how clergy and laity together defined the norms of religious experience, how the Bible influenced Puritan self-perception, and how…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/15/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English