Hearing things : religion, illusion, and the American enlightenment / by Schmidt, Leigh Eric

Table of Contents: “…Hearing loss: More than meets the eye -- Absences and presences -- Sound Christians: Extraordinary call -- God's oracles -- Spiritual disciplines, spiritual senses -- "The startled ear of night" -- The noises of revival -- "Take heed, therefore, how ye hear" -- Oracles of reason: Working the oracle -- Acoustics and the mechanization of the oracular voice -- "Truth changes from day to day, and so do I" -- How to become a ventriloquist: Vocal artifice -- Magic shows -- (Dis)trusting the ear -- "Shivered into pieces" -- "The diseased ear" and the unsound mind -- Voices from spirit-land: Talking with angels -- Bodies, spirits, senses -- Talking with Swedenborg -- Of tongue-speaking and the gifted hearer -- Sacramental technologies.…”
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