Rituals of Spontaneity: Sentiment and Secularism from Free Prayer to Wordsworth
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a newfound love of spontaneity transformed Christian worship and revolutionized the Enlightenment's ''culture of sensibility.'' Rituals of Spontaneity tells the story of how and why spontaneity came to be so revered. Using archiva...
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| Language: | English |
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Baylor University Press
2006
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| In: | Year: 2006 |
| Reviews: | Rituals of Spontaneity. By Lori Branch (2007) (Robertson, Scott)
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| Summary: | In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a newfound love of spontaneity transformed Christian worship and revolutionized the Enlightenment's ''culture of sensibility.'' Rituals of Spontaneity tells the story of how and why spontaneity came to be so revered. Using archival material and works of Bunyan, Shaftesbury, Goldsmith, Smart and Wordsworth, Branch shows that the rise of spontaneity was intimately connected to the forces of commerce and science at the dawn of the Enlightenment. By focusing on the language in which spontaneity was defended and on its psychological repercussions, Ritual |
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| ISBN: | 1932792112 |