{"product_id":"secularism-in-antebellum-america-paperback","title":"Secularism in Antebellum America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Lardas Modern\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhosts. Railroads. Sing Sing. Sex machines. These are just a few of the phenomena that appear in John Lardas Modern's pioneering account of religion and society in nineteenth-century America. This book uncovers surprising connections between secular ideology and the rise of technologies that opened up new ways of being religious. Exploring the eruptions of religion in New York's penny presses, the budding fields of anthropology and phrenology, and \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, Modern challenges the strict separation between the religious and the secular that remains integral to discussions about religion today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Modern frames his study around the dread, wonder, paranoia, and manic confidence of being haunted, arguing that experiences and explanations of enchantment fueled secularism's emergence. The awareness of spectral energies coincided with attempts to tame the unruly fruits of secularism--in the cultivation of a spiritual self among Unitarians, for instance, or in John Murray Spear's erotic longings for a perpetual motion machine. Combining rigorous theoretical inquiry with beguiling historical arcana, Modern unsettles long-held views of religion and the methods of narrating its past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Lardas Modern\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor and chair of religious studies at Franklin and Marshall College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bop Apocalypse: The Religious Visions of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751565230368,"sku":"9780226325132","price":49.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/08df8882a6db8e44443af70a45fc95ca.webp?v=1779976010","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/secularism-in-antebellum-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}