Empirical Form and Religious Function : Apparition Narratives of the Early English Enlightenment.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 'No Spirit, No God': Empiricism in Apparition Narratives -- 1.1 Ghostly Anecdotes -- 1.2 Empiricism &amp -- Rationalism -- 1.3 Henry More &amp -- the Dangers of Materialism -- 1.4 The Royal Society &amp -- the Spiritual World -- 1.5 Joseph Glanvill &amp -- "The Drummer of Tedworth" -- 1.6 Defending Empirical Accounts of Apparitions -- 1.7 Glanvill's Legacy -- Chapter 2 'Res Mirabilis': Evidences of Providence -- 2.1 Puritan Empiricism -- 2.2 The Providences of Increase Mather -- 2.3 The Haunting of George Walton -- 2.4 Cotton Mather &amp -- the Spiritual World -- 2.5 Reformation &amp -- Narrative -- 2.6 Richard Baxter's Spiritual Exercises -- 2.7 William Turner's Compleat History -- Chapter 3 'Strange and Wonderful News': Apparitions &amp -- Popular Print -- 3.1 Popular Ghosts -- 3.2 Realism &amp -- Apparition Narratives -- 3.3 Counter-Narratives -- 3.4 The Ghost of George Villiers -- 3.5 Defoe's Apparitions -- 3.6 The Ghost of Mrs. Veal -- Chapter 4 Enthusiasmus Redivivus? Revivalism &amp -- the Evidence of Spirits -- 4.1 Experiencing Heartfelt Religion -- 4.2 Radical Pietism -- 4.3 The Debate over Religious Experiences -- 4.4 Evidence of the Revivals -- 4.5 Publishing the Revivals -- 4.6 Radical Publications -- 4.7 Revivalists &amp -- Apparitions -- 4.8 New Narratives of the Spiritual World -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Prose Narratives of Spiritual Encounters -- Bibliography -- Index.

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