Title: The self and the sacred
First published: 1998
Description: From about 1740 to 1850, evangelical Protestantism became a major cultural force in virtually all areas of America. Emerging from this religious movement was a rich vernacular literature of conversion narratives and spiritual autobiographies - writings in which believers described their own salvation in hopes of converting others. In The Self and the Sacred, Rodger M.

Payne examines these neglected texts in depth, focusing particularly on what they reveal about notions of selfhood and how those notions were incorporated into Christian orthodoxy.
Subjects: Autobiography, Biography, Christian biography, Christian converts, Christianity, History, History and criticism, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Autobiography, Self, Geschichte 1740-1850, Protestanten, Zelfbeeld, Autobiografische Literatur, Autobiografieën, Spiritualität, Konversion, Bekering, Biography as a literary form, Protestantism, Religious literature, history and criticism, Converts
Places: United States
Time periods: 18th century, 19th century
LC classification: BV4930 .P38 1998