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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826658003321

Autore

Long Kathryn <1950->

Titolo

The revival of 1857-58 : interpreting an American religious awakening / / Kathryn Teresa Long

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1998

ISBN

0-19-774093-6

1-280-45374-5

0-19-535453-2

0-585-21573-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Religion in America series

Disciplina

277.3/081

Soggetti

Prayer Meeting Revival (1857-1858)

United States Church history 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer prize essay of the American Society of Church History."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; ONE: ""Prayer-Meetings . . . in all parts of the land"": The Revival Takes Shape as History; TWO: ""Affording public amusement . . . [and] gratifying the curiosity"": Revivalism in the News; THREE: The Influence of Family, Church, and Association: Personal Perspectives on the Revival; FOUR: A ""Desire . . . that the ladies would keep away"": Gender Tensions and the Masculinization of Urban Piety; FIVE: ""Great Revival"" or ""Great Reformation""? The Privatization of Northern Revivalism

SIX: ""Where is the evidence of your revival of religion?"" Critiques of the Revival's Social Impact SEVEN: Legacies of 1857-58: D. L. Moody and the ""Revival Generation""; Appendix A: Chronology of Selected Dates and Events; Appendix B: Membership Statistics and Church Growth Rates, 1853-61; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Revival of 1857-58 was a widespread religious awakening, most famous for urban prayer meetings in major metropolitan centres across the United States. This is a critical analysis of the revival which has often been overshadowed by earlier ""great awakenings"".