Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. "Breaking" the Sabbath: The Evangelical Challenge in the Great Awakening 14
7. 2. "Things Are Become New": The Conversion Experience 46
8. 3. "To Watch Over Each Other's Conversation": Church Discipline 75
9. 4. "To Grow Up into a State of Manhood": The Sexual Politics of Evangelicalism in Revolutionary America 108
10. 5. "The Disorder of Women": The Feminization of Sin, 1780-1830 145
11. 6. "In a Different Voice": Postrevolutionary Conversion Narratives 180
12. Conclusion 209
13. Index 219