Catherine L. Albanese
The Delight Makers: Anglo-American Metaphysical Religion and the Pursuit of Happiness
The Delight Makers: Anglo-American Metaphysical Religion and the Pursuit of Happiness
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The Delight Makers is a book that explores the theology of desire in Anglo-American religion across three centuries, highlighting the connection between natural beauty and spiritual fulfillment. It emphasizes the expansive God intent on fulfilling human desire through prosperity, health, and sexual freedom.
Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 18 January 2023
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
The pursuit of happiness has been a driving force in Anglo-American religious history for centuries, weaving together diverse strands of belief and practice. In her book "The Delight Makers," Catherine L. Albanese explores a theology of desire that connects the religious traditions of Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the religiously unaffiliated today. While some traditions emphasize redemptive suffering, Albanese highlights the "metaphysical" connection between natural beauty and spiritual fulfillment. These thinkers saw God as an expansive being who desires to fulfill human desire through prosperity, health, and sexual freedom.
Through a meticulous examination of texts by Cotton Mather, Andrew Jackson Davis, William James, Esther Hicks, and other influential figures, Albanese reveals how a theology of delight evolved alongside political overtures to natural law and individual liberty in the United States. She demonstrates how these thinkers used their religious beliefs to advocate for social and political change, seeking to create a society that valued pleasure and fulfillment.
The book "The Delight Makers" offers a rich and nuanced exploration of the intersection of religion, desire, and politics in Anglo-American history. It sheds light on the ways in which religious ideas have shaped the cultural and social landscape of the United States and provides a valuable perspective on the ongoing struggle for human happiness and fulfillment.
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780226823331
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