The Revival of 1857-58 : Interpreting an American Religious Awakening (Religion in America Series)
The Revival of 1857-58 : Interpreting an American Religious Awakening (Religion in America Series)
Oxford University Press, USA | Routledge | 272 pages | 1998 | ISBN: 0195112938 | PDF | 1 mb
Oxford University Press, USA | Routledge | 272 pages | 1998 | ISBN: 0195112938 | PDF | 1 mb
This book provides a fresh, in-depth examination of the Revival of 1857-58, a widespread religious awakening most famous for urban prayer meetings in major metropolitan centers across the United States. Often mentioned in religious history texts and articles, but overshadowed by scholarly attention to the first and second "Great Awakenings," the revival has lacked a critical, book-length analysis.
Long explores the revival from various angles of interpretive vision, emphasizing the importance of historiography and examining the way Calvinist clergy and the editors of the mass circulation daily press "canonized" particular versions of the revival story, most notably its role in the history of "great awakenings" and its character as a masculine "businessmen's revival." The book combines insights from contemporary scholarship concerning revivals, women's history, and nineteenth-century mass print with extensive primary source research. The result is a clearly written study that blends careful description with nuanced analysis.