In a Different Voice
Male and Female Narratives of Religious Conversion in Post-Revolutionary America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2732097 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Juster (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34 |
| Publication date | 1989-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0678 • E-ISSN: 1080-6490 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2713192 |
| OpenAlex | W2314366554 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 3 |
1790 to 1830 was a watershed in the cultural history of the United States. As both an institutional movement with distinctive organizational and ideological features2 and a revolution in sentiments and their modes of expression,3 the phenomenon of evangelicalism held enormous potential as a force for cultural change. Yet historians have only begun to explore the possibilities for new configurations of familial and sexual relations implicit in the heart religion promoted by early nineteenth-century evangelicals.4 Mary Ryan was among the first to suggest that through participation in revivalist religion, young Americans became acquainted with novel ideas about the family and gender.5 Her study of evangelicalism and family life in Oneida, New York, opened up new areas of investigation for the student of evangelical culture. This study proposes to shed light on the role of evangelical religion in transforming the terms of an ongoing dialogue that engaged early nineteenthcentury men and women on questions of selfhood, personal autonomy, and the problem of agency. Through a close reading of narratives of religious conversion, the central event in the evangelical scheme-the awakening of the sinner to the true nature of his or her depraved state and the final regeneration of the soul through a process of self-abasement and unconditional surrender to the will of a gracious God-can be viewed as an allegorical rendering of prevailing notions of gender and authoritarian relations. The
Art · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · American History and Culture · Gender Studies · History · Mormonism, Religion, and History · Philosophy · Religious studies
Representation and self-representation
Evangelizing the South
Engendered Encounters
“This Season’s People”
Theories of Conversion
Gender and Genre
For Males Only
Reason-Based Evaluations of Wrongdoing in Religious and Moral Narratives
The Religious Construction of Masculinity in Victorian America
A Higher Power to Feel
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2015 (24) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |