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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hazen, Craig James. Village enlightenment in America. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2000 (OCoLC)607469950 Online version: Hazen, Craig James. Village enlightenment in America. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2000 (OCoLC)609661452 |
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| Named Person: | Orson Pratt; Robert Hare; P P Quimby |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Craig James Hazen |
| ISBN: | 0252025121 9780252025129 0252068289 9780252068287 |
| OCLC Number: | 41156302 |
| Description: | 194 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: popular religion, science, and authority -- Mormon cosmic philosophy: Orson Pratt -- Spiritualism and science: Robert Hare -- Science, matter, and mind cure: Phineas Parkhurst Quimby -- Conclusion: the Enlightenment village. |
| Responsibility: | Craig James Hazen. |
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"Well argued and insightful." -- Choice "Students of intellectual and religious history will find Hazen's elegantly written, compelling interpretation a significant contribution." -- Sandra Pryor, Religious Studies Review "Hazen's argument that the village Enlightenment emboldened persons to utilize science for the purpose of constructing religious systems opens up rich new ways of thinking about persisting themes in American religious thought. This is a fine and thought-provoking work." -- Robert C. Fuller, American Historical Review "Excellent study of how some popular religious movements in the antebellum period in the nineteenth century made much of the 'scientific' character of their respective understandings of reality." -- Richard J. Mouw, Philosophia Christi ADVANCE PRAISE "Well written and informative... An important contribution to an understanding of antebellum popular science and religion." -- Klaus Hansen, author of Quest for Empire: The Political Kingdom of God and the Council of Fifty in Mormon History Read more...
