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The project moves chronologically from considerations of early 19th centurywhite evangelical revivalism, Second Adventism (Millerism) and Spiritualism to later nineteenthcentury examinations including post-Emancipation African American millenarian movements,Pentecostalism and Christian Science. Mad-labeled new religious individuals and groups actively contended with pathologized interpretations of their faith as a means of defending themselves from the cultural implications of madness. This work demonstrates how debates over religious insanity constituted a complex cultural reckoning regarding the diversity of expressions and interpretations within American religious life.","**To request an accessible version of the file(s) associated with this item, contact library@buffalo.edu. 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