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Redeeming the dial : radio, religion & popular culture in America / Tona J. Hangen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hangen, Tona J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radio in religion--United States--History--20th century.
- Radio in religion.
- Evangelicalism--United States--History--20th century.
- Evangelicalism.
- Religious broadcasting--Christianity--History--20th century.
- Religious broadcasting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 220 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Blending cultural, religious and media history, Tona Hangen offers a detailed look into the world of religious radio. She uses recordings, sermons, fan mail and other sources to tell the stories of the determined broadcasters and devoted listeners.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Broadcasting Discord: Religious Radio before 1939; 2. So I Sow by Radio: Paul Rader and the Creation of a Radio Revival Genre; 3. The Live Wire of Los Angeles: Aimee Semple McPherson on Radio; 4. Pastors of the Old-Fashioned Gospel: Charles Fuller, Evangelist to the World; 5. We Must Not Be Muzzled: Interreligious Struggle for Radio Access in the 1940's; 6. Mainstreaming the Good News: Radio and Postwar Popular Culture; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798890873422
- 9780807863022
- 0807863025
- OCLC:
- 476236834
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