Cast down : abjection in America, 1700-1850

Cast down : abjection in America, 1700-1850 / Mark J. Miller.

Derived from the Latin abiectus, literally meaning "thrown or cast down," "abjection" names the condition of being servile, wretched, or contemptible. In Western religious tradition, to be abject is to submit to bodily suffering or psychological mortification for the good of the...

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Main Author: Miller, Mark J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2016.
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
Mortification.
Suffering > Religious aspects > Christianity.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Mortification
Suffering > Religious aspects > Christianity
United States > Religious life and customs.
United States
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