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The Revival of 1857-58 : Interpreting an American Religious Awakening

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."
eBook, English, 1998
Oxford University Press, New York, 1998
1 online resource (273 pages)
9780195354539, 9781280453748, 9780585215730, 0195354532, 1280453745, 0585215731
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Contents; Introduction; ONE: "Prayer-Meetings ... in all parts of the land": The Revival Takes Shape as History; TWO: "Affording public amusement ... [and] gratifying the curiousity": 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 ImpactSEVEN: 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
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