Hearing Things

Religion, Illusion, and the American Enlightenment

Leigh Eric Schmidt

  • 2001 Excellence in the Study of Religion Award in the Historical Studies Category Sponsored by the American Academy of Religion
  • 2001 John Hope Franklin Publication Prize of the American Studies Association

1. Introduction

2. Responding to a Revolutionary Tradition

3. Enterprise

4. Careers

5. Distinctions

6. Intimate Relations

7. Reform

8. A New National Identity

Notes

Index

  • Cover: Hearing Things
  • A photo of the author

author photo credit: Denise Applewhite

Leigh Eric Schmidt is Professor of Religion at Princeton University.