Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 “Fanaticism Can Wield Such a Mighty Influence over the Female Heart” The Evolving Rhetoric of Anti-Mormonism in the Early Republic 14
6. Chapter 2 “A Base and Unmanly Conspiracy” The Hogan Schism and Catholicism in a Gendered Religious Marketplace 39
7. Chapter 3 “The Fruits of Shakerism” The Embodiment of Motherhood in Debates between Shakers and Their Rivals 68
8. Chapter 4 Mixing “the Poison of Lust with the Ardor of Devotion” Conjuring Fears of the Reverend Rake and the Rise of Anti-Enthusiasm Literature 92
9. Chapter 5 The Sexual Containment of Perfectionism: John Humphrey Noyes and His Critics 122
10. Conclusion 151
11. Notes 157
12. Bibliography 189
13. Index 205