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In this study of Madame Guyon and, her defender, Francois de Fénelon, the Archbishop of Cambray, Patricia Ward demonstrates how the ideas of these seventeenth-century Catholics were transmitted into an ongoing tradition of Protestant devotional literature—one that continues to influence American evangelicals and charismatic Christians today. Down a winding (and fascinating) historical path, Ward traces how the lives and writings of these two somewhat obscure Catholic believers in Quietism came to such prominence in American spirituality—offering, in part, a fascinating glance at the role of women in the history of devotional writing.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
  2. pp. iii-v
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xv-xvi
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  1. 1 American Popular Pietyand Continental Spirituality: The Ecumenical Contexts of Nineteenth-CenturyHoliness Camp Meetings
  2. pp. 1-10
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  1. 2 The Reputation of Madame Guyon: Personalities, Politics, and Religious Controversy under Louis XIV
  2. pp. 11-40
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  1. 3 The D
  2. pp. 41-57
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  1. 4 Madame Guyon and the Pietist Mind-Set: The Transmission of Quietism to German-Speaking Pennsylvania
  2. pp. 59-82
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  1. 5 The Praxis of Piety: Quaker and Methodist Mediation of the Works of F
  2. pp. 83-106
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  1. 6 Persons of Eminent Piety and Writers of Spiritual Wisdom: Fénelon, Madame Guyon, and Their American Readership, 1800–1840
  2. pp. 107-127
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  1. 7 From Experimental Religion to Experimental Holiness: Contexts of Thomas Upham’s Reinterpretation of Madame Guyon, 1840–1860
  2. pp. 129-167
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  1. 8 The Turn to Devotional Literature: Readers of F
  2. pp. 169-188
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  1. The Legacy of Madame Guyon from 1850 to 2000: From Romantic Sentimentalism to the Charismatic Movement
  2. pp. 189-205
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  1. Epilogue
  2. pp. 207-211
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 213-254
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 255-271
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 273-279
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