{"product_id":"the-delight-makers-catherine-l-albanese-9780226823546","title":"The Delight Makers: Anglo-American Metaphysical Religion and the Pursuit of Happiness","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn ambitious history of desire in Anglo-American religion across three centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The pursuit of happiness weaves disparate strands of Anglo-American religious history together. In \u003ci\u003eThe Delight Makers\u003c\/i\u003e, Catherine L. Albanese unravels a theology of desire tying Jonathan Edwards to Ralph Waldo Emerson to the religiously unaffiliated today. As others emphasize redemptive suffering, this tradition stresses the \"metaphysical\" connection between natural beauty and spiritual fulfillment. In the earth's abundance, these thinkers see an expansive God intent on fulfilling human desire through prosperity, health, and sexual freedom. Through careful readings of Cotton Mather, Andrew Jackson Davis, William James, Esther Hicks, and more, Albanese reveals how a theology of delight evolved alongside political overtures to natural law and individual liberty in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine L. Albanese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226823547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226823546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023","brand":"Catherine L. Albanese","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44070620266751,"sku":"9780226823546","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7682980-24b6-4c23-b57a-9d9010d7dfd0.jpg?v=1685431380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-delight-makers-catherine-l-albanese-9780226823546","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}