Title: Revivalism & social reform : American Protestantism on the eve of the Civil War /
Authors: Smith, Timothy Lawrence, 1924-1997
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,
Year: 1980
Subjects: Protestant churches United States; Revivals United States History.; Church and social problems United States.; United States Church history
Contents: The inner structure of American Protestantism -- The social influence of the churches -- The resurgence of revivalism--1840-57 -- Annus Mirabilis--1858 -- The fruits of fervor -- Evangelical Unitarianism -- The holiness revival at Oberlin -- Sanctification in American Methodism -- Revivalism and perfectionism -- Evangelical origins of social Christianity -- Churches help the poor -- Christian liberty and human bondage: the paradox of slavery -- The spiritual warfare against slavery -- The Gospel of the kingdom.