{"product_id":"a-sense-of-the-heart-christian-religious-experience-in-the-united-states-9781630885854","title":"A Sense of the Heart: Christian Religious Experience in the United States","description":"Whether like Paul's experience on the road to Damascus or Wesley's \"strangely warmed heart,\" the desire to meet or be met by God is as old as humanity. But America has been the fertile seed bed for what William James famously called \"varieties of religious experience.\" These experiences cover a wide spectrum from classic mysticism to revivalist conversion to a contemporary pursuit of spirituality. \u003ci\u003eA Sense of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e traces the nature of religious experience from the colonial era to the present, defining its nature while describing common and distinct approaches in the work of various writers and practitioners. \u003ci\u003eA Sense of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e offers a historical review of representative types of religious experience, the nature of such experiences and its impact on the American religious and cultural context as evident in awakenings, controversies, denominations, and new religious communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abingdon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781630885854\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Bill J. Leonard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52774135365813,"sku":"9781630885854","price":53.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-sense-of-the-heart-christian-religious-experience-in-the-united-states-9781630885854","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}