Fits, Trances, and Visions: experiencing religion and explaining experience from Wesley to James by Taves, Ann - 1999-10-25

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Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1999. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 6x1x9. Second printing. Ink stamp on half-title page. 1999 Trade Paperback. xii, 449 pp. Fits, trances, visions, speaking in tongues, clairvoyance, out-of-body experiences, possession. Believers have long viewed these and similar involuntary experiences as religious--as manifestations of God, the spirits, or the Christ within. Skeptics, on the other hand, have understood them as symptoms of physical disease, mental disorder, group dynamics, or other natural causes. In this sweeping work of religious and psychological history, Ann Taves explores the myriad ways in which believers and detractors interpreted these complex experiences in Anglo-American culture between the mid-eighteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Taves divides the book into three sections. In the first, ranging from 1740 to 1820, she examines the debate over trances, visions, and other involuntary experiences against the politically… Read More

Princeton U P, 1999. ~No ownership marks. Small mark to top edges. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. Paperback. Fine. xii, 449pp; illus. Binding sound, text unmarked.

Ewing, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr, 1999. trade paperback in very good - condition. Soft cover. Very Good.

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Paperback / softback. New. Fits, trances, visions, clairvoyance, and possession. Believers have viewed these experiences as religious - as manifestations of God, or the Christ within. This book explores the myriad ways in which believers and detractors interpreted these experiences in Anglo-American culture between the mid-eighteenth and early-twentieth centuries.

Paperback / softback. New. Fits, trances, visions, clairvoyance, and possession. Believers have viewed these experiences as religious - as manifestations of God, or the Christ within. This book explores the myriad ways in which believers and detractors interpreted these experiences in Anglo-American culture between the mid-eighteenth and early-twentieth centuries.