04730cam a2200865 a 4500 ocm12721269 OCoLC 20221111085617.0 850930s1986 nyu b 001 0 eng 85021843 GB8728248 bnb 0195039734 (alk. paper) 9780195039733 (alk. paper) 0195056876 9780195056877 AU@ 000004213786 DEBBG BV000562835 DEBBG BV007645572 GBVCP 021587612 GEBAY 536130 HEBIS 009936106 HR0 0195039734 NZ1 3086468 UNITY 028231147 UNITY 103603646 (OCoLC)12721269 (OCoLC)16078991 (OCoLC)613798791 (OCoLC)1011875641 (OCoLC)1052925220 DLC eng DLC UKM BTCTA LVB YDXCP NLE DEBBG GBVCP OCLCF OCLCQ IOO OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO OCL OCLCO OCLCQ OCLCO NJR OCLCQ CPO KAG OCLCQ OCLCO CPS OCLCO UWO NYHOF ICW UNOMP ZAAPA e-uk-en n-usn-- ZAAA BX9354.2 .C64 1986 248.2O COH 19 BO 5810 rvk 7,26 ssgn Cohen, Charles L., author. God's caress : the psychology of Puritan religious experience / Charles Lloyd Cohen. New York : Oxford University Press, 1986. xiv, 310 pages ; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-289) and index. PART I. THE CALL OF THE PREACHERS -- 1. Original Debility -- 2. Covenant Psychology -- 3. The Way of Salvation, the Power of Faith -- 4. The Saints Zealous in Love and Labor -- PART II. THE CRY OF THE FAITHFUL -- 5. Joining the Society of Saints -- 6. Echoes of the Preachers' Call -- 7. Tales of Grace -- 8. The Application of Conversion. Although scripture demands rebirth for all of God's chosen people, the actual experience of religious conversion is largely determined by the complex interaction between individuals and clergy. This book focuses on the Puritan experience of conversion, which culminated in the celebration of strength liberated for divine purposes, to examine how ministers elaborated the psychological imperatives of faith and their listeners modified and internalized them. Looking at firsthand accounts of personal conversion as well as at sermons and tracts, Cohen discusses how clergy and laity together defined the norms of religious experience, how the Bible influenced Puritan self-perception, and how theology molded the behavior of Saints in a covenanted community. Winner of the Allan Nevins Prize of the Society of American Historians, this study advances Max Weber's discussion of the Saint's psychology of work and illuminated the function of rebirth in Puritan culture as both a religious and a psychological phenomenon. 1500-1699 fast Puritans Religious life New England. Conversion Christianity. Christianity Psychology. Spirituality History 16th century. Spirituality History 17th century. Puritans -- New England -- Religious life. Conversion -- Christianity. Christianity -- Psychology. Spirituality -- History -- 16th century. Spirituality -- History -- 17th century. New England -- Church history. Conversion. Christianisme Psychologie. Puritains Vie religieuse Nouvelle-Angleterre. Spiritualit�e Histoire des doctrines 16e si�ecle. Spiritualit�e Histoire des doctrines 17e si�ecle. Christianity Psychology. fast Conversion Christianity. fast Puritans Religious life. fast Spirituality. fast Puritanismus gnd Religionspsychologie gnd Spiritualit�at gnd New England Church history. Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire religieuse. New England. fast New England Puritanism, 1500-1700. Psychological aspects Church history. fast History. fast Online version: Cohen, Charles Lloyd. God's caress. New York : Oxford University Press, 1986 (OCoLC)560635921 Available from ACLS Humanities http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.01343 Rutgers restricted Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0635/85021843-d.html ddc BK 51247 51247 0 0 ddc 0 1 DAPA DAPA 2021-07-14 248.20 COH APA015891 2021-07-14 1 2021-07-14 RES