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The revival of 1857-58 : interpreting an American religious awakening / Kathryn Teresa Long.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Long, Kathryn, 1950- author.
- Series:
- Religion in America series (Oxford University Press).
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Religion in America series
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prayer Meeting Revival (1857-1858).
- United States--Church history--19th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Revival of 1857-58 was a widespread religious awakening, most famous for urban prayer meetings in major metropolitan centres across the United States. This is a critical analysis of the revival which has often been overshadowed by earlier ""great awakenings"".
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; ONE: ""Prayer-Meetings . . . in all parts of the land"": The Revival Takes Shape as History; TWO: ""Affording public amusement . . . [and] gratifying the curiosity"": Revivalism in the News; THREE: The Influence of Family, Church, and Association: Personal Perspectives on the Revival; FOUR: A ""Desire . . . that the ladies would keep away"": Gender Tensions and the Masculinization of Urban Piety; FIVE: ""Great Revival"" or ""Great Reformation""? The Privatization of Northern Revivalism
- SIX: ""Where is the evidence of your revival of religion?"" Critiques of the Revival's Social Impact SEVEN: Legacies of 1857-58: D. L. Moody and the ""Revival Generation""; Appendix A: Chronology of Selected Dates and Events; Appendix B: Membership Statistics and Church Growth Rates, 1853-61; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- "The Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer prize essay of the American Society of Church History."
- Previously issued in print: 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-239) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-774093-6
- 1-280-45374-5
- 0-19-535453-2
- 0-585-21573-1
- OCLC:
- 476015134
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