Puritan Rhetoric: The Issue of Emotion in Religion

by Eugene E. White and Eugene Elliot White

Book Overview

The nature of Puritanism in America and the role of emotion in religion is the subject of this important and useful collection of five religious orations, discussed and appraised by Professor White for students of Puri­tanism and rhetoric. The five orations presented here consist of three by Jonathan Edwards, "Future Punishment," "Distinguishing Marks," and "The Nature of the Affections"; one by Charles Chauncy, "Enthusiasm Described and Caution'd...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809305631
• ISBN13: 9780809305636
• Release Date: July 1972
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"