Pulling the devil's kingdom down [[electronic resource] ] : the Salvation Army in Victorian Britain / / Pamela J. Walker
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| Autore: |
Walker Pamela J. <1960->
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| Titolo: |
Pulling the devil's kingdom down [[electronic resource] ] : the Salvation Army in Victorian Britain / / Pamela J. Walker
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (361 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 287.9/6/094109034 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Church history 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-328) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Roots of the Salvation Army; 2. Creating the Salvation Army; 3. Conversion: Theology and Narratives; 4. Saving Souls: Salvationists at Work; 5. Authority and Transgression; 6. Robbing the Devil of His Choice Tunes; 7. Disorderly Champions of Order; Postscript: The Legacy of the Salvation Army; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Those people in uniforms who ring bells and raise money for the poor during the holiday season belong to a religious movement that in 1865 combined early feminism, street preaching, holiness theology, and intentionally outrageous singing into what soon became the Salvation Army. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pulling the devil's kingdom down |
| ISBN: | 0-520-92585-8 |
| 1-59734-839-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455036503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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