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The revival of 1857-58 : interpreting an American religious awakening

Author: Kathryn Long
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Series: Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kathryn Long
ISBN: 0195112938 9780195112931
OCLC Number: 35955189
Notes: "The Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer prize essay of the American Society of Church History."
Description: viii, 256 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: "Prayer-meetings--in all parts of the land" : the revival takes shape as history --
"Affording public amusement--[and] gratifying the curiousity" : revivalism in the news --
The influence of family, church, and association : personal perspectives on the revival --
A "desire--that the ladies would keep away" : gender tensions and the masculinization of urban piety --
"Great revival" or "great reformation"? : the privatization of northern revivalism --
"Where is the evidence of your revival of religion?" : critiques of the revival's social impact --
Legacies of 1857-58 : D. L. Moody and the "revival generation."
Series Title: Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Responsibility: Kathryn Teresa Long.
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