Research Catalog

Title

Blessed assurance : a history of evangelicalism in America / Randall Balmer.

Author

Balmer, Randall Herbert.

Publication

Boston : Beacon Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Description

139 pages; 23 cm

Summary

• "Blessed Assurance examines the moment of our political birth and highlights the close connections between our political and religious traditions. Randall Balmer looks at the rise of evangelical groups from Methodists to the Disciples of Christ, and at charismatic leaders from Mary Baker Eddy to Jimmy Swaggart. He vividly illustrates the ebb and flow of our nation's religious past, from apocalyptic movements in every century to our two great religious revivals and the evangelical longing for a third.
• These historical moments demonstrate how the evangelical movements of today were informed by history and the struggle for the American Christian soul. Most importantly, Blessed Assurance convincingly shows us that evangelicals - often thought of as backward-looking and old-fashioned - have always been in tune with their time, taking advantage of mass communication and the charisma of their leaders."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Evangelicalism > United States > History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-134) and index.

Contents

Introduction: A City Upon a Hill -- Ch. 1. Challenging the Routine of Religion: Eighteenth-Century Pietism and the Evangelical Tradition -- Ch. 2. Diversity and Stability: The Paradox of Religious Pluralism -- Ch. 3. Visions of Rapture: Optimism and Apocalypticism in American Culture -- Ch. 4. A Pentecost of Politics: Evangelicals and Public Discourse -- Ch. 5. A Loftier Position: American Evangelicalism and the Ideal of Femininity -- Ch. 6. Winning the Country Back: The Ironies of the Religious Right -- The Vocabulary of Evangelicalism.

ISBN

0807077100 (cloth)

LCCN

99024838

OCLC

ocm41070802

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries