Revival of 1857-58 - Interpreting an American Religious Awakening

Zusatztext fine and readable work of scholarship ... Anyone interested in the subsequent war between Union and Confederacy will find this a fascinating book! for the revival's activists would contribute their moral vision to both sides in that apocalyptic struggle. Klappentext 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 scholarlyattention 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 Revival of 1857-58 was a multifaceted religious movement that Long suggests may have been the closest thing to a truly national revival in American history. The awakening marked the coming together of formalist and populist evangelical groups! particularly in urban areas! and helped to createthe beginnings of a transdenominational religious identity among middle-class American evangelicals. Long explores the revival from various angles! emphasizing the importance of historiography and examining the way Calvinist clergy and the editors of the daily press canonized particular versions ofthe revival story! most notably its role in the history of great awakenings and its character as a masculine "businessmen's revival." She gives attention to grassroots perspectives on the awakening and also pursues wider social and cultural questions! including whether the revival actually affectedevangelical involvement in social reform. The book combines insights from contemporary scholarship concerning revivals! women's history! and nineteenth-century mass print with extensive primary source research. The result is a clearly written study that blends carefuldescription with nuanced analysis. Zusammenfassung This book provides a critical analysis of a revival often overshadowed by earlier "great awakenings". The Revival of 1857-58 was a widespread religious awakening most famous for urban prayer meetings in major metropolitan centres across the United States. The author places this revival within the context of Protestant revival traditions and suggests that it may have been the closest thing to a truly national awakening in American history....

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kathryn Long, Kathryn Teresa Long, Kathryn Teresa (Assistant Professor of Histo Long, Kathryn Teresa (Assistant Professor of History Long, Long Kathryn Teresa
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.10.1997
• EAN: 9780195112931
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511293-1
• Seiten: 266
• Serien: Religion in America; Religion in America Life (Hard; Religion in America
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Kulturgeschichte; USA, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches