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| Named Person: | Dwight Lyman Moody; Dwight Lyman Moody |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bruce J Evensen |
| ISBN: | 0195162447 9780195162448 |
| OCLC Number: | 51476962 |
| Description: | 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The end : Moody in Northfield, December 1899 -- "Expecting a blessing of unusual magnitude" : Moody in Britain, June 1873-August 1875 -- "Sidewalks and rooftops are black for blocks around" : Moody in Brooklyn, October-November 1875 -- "It's harder getting into the depot than heaven" : Moody in Philadelphia, November 1875-January 1876 -- "The greatest show on earth" : Moody in New York City, February-April 1876 -- "From the curbstone to the ashpit, the fix is in" : Moody in Chicago, October 1876-January 1877 -- "It is a marvel to many people" : Moody in Boston, January-April 1877 -- The beginning : Moody in Queenstown, June 1873. |
| Responsibility: | Bruce J. Evensen. |
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<br>"For students desiring an introduction to the ways that religion and 'mass' culture met in nineteenth-century America, this is a highly suggestive case study." --Religious Studies Review<br>"This book should attract a wide readership, both from Moody admirers and from more nearly objective observers of the phenomenon of mass evangelism"--The Historian<br>"No one has so thoroughly described Moody's crusades...nor has anyone so meticulously examined Moody's symbiotic relationship with the press in both America and Britain...his study helps illuminate the reasons for Moody's success, his contribution to the rise of modern mass evangelism, his role in helping create the modern newspaper, and why many considered him God's man for the Gilded Age." --Journal of American History<br>"This study does for Moody's ministry what Harry Stout's work has done for the ministry of George Whitefield....[Evensen's] writing style is a great strength of the book, weaving effortlessly in and out of narra Read more...
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- Moody, Dwight Lyman, -- 1837-1899.
- Evangelistic work -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Mass media -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 19th century.
- Verkondiging.
- Massa (sociale wetenschappen)
- Moody, Dwight Lyman.
- Erweckungstheologie.
- Massenmedien.
- Geschichte 1800-1900.
- USA.
