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The revival of 1857-58 : interpreting an American religious awakening
- Title
- The revival of 1857-58 : interpreting an American religious awakening / Kathryn Teresa Long.
- Author
- Long, Kathryn, 1950-
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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- Additional Authors
- American Society of Church History.
- Description
- viii, 256 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This book provides a fresh, in-depth examination of the Revival of 1857-58, a widespread religious awakening most famous for urban prayer meetings in major metropolitan centers across the United States. Often mentioned in religious history texts and articles but overshadowed by scholarly attention to the first and second "Great Awakenings," the revival has lacked a critical, book-length analysis.
- This study will help to fill this gap and to place the event within the context of Protestant revival traditions in America. The book combines insights from contemporary scholarship concerning revivals, women's history, and nineteenth-century mass print with extensive primary source research.
- Series Statement
- Religion in America series
- Uniform Title
- Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
- Subject
- Note
- "The Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer prize essay of the American Society of Church History."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-239) and index.
- Contents
- 1. "Prayer-Meetings ... in all parts of the land": The Revival Takes Shape as History -- 2. "Affording public amusement ... [and] gratifying the curiosity": Revivalism in the News -- 3. The Influence of Family, Church, and Association: Personal Perspectives on the Revival -- 4. A "Desire ... that the ladies would keep away": Gender Tensions and the Masculinization of Urban Piety -- 5. "Great Revival" or "Great Reformation"? The Privatization of Northern Revivalism -- 6. "Where is the evidence of your revival of religion?" Critiques of the Revival's Social Impact -- 7. Legacies of 1857-58: D. L. Moody and the "Revival Generation" -- App. A. Chronology of Selected Dates and Events -- App. B. Membership Statistics and Church Growth Rates, 1853-61.
- ISBN
- 0195112938 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96048264
- OCLC
- ocm35955189
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries