The great revivalists in American religion, 1740-1944
Subtitle: the careers and theology of Jonathan Edwards, Charles Finney, Dwight Moody, Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson
By: William H. Cooper, Jr
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780786460557
Subjects: Evangelists; Revivals; Evangelicalism; History; Church history
Description: "This work shows how revivalism moved from the Edwardian emphasis on the amazing works of God, as the Puritans would have put it, to the "new methods" of Charles Finney and revival as the reasonable works of man as befits Jacksonian democracy. Later, D.L. Moody concentrated on methodology to such a degree that revivals became big business. " --Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182) and index.
Table of contents: title: Jonathan Edwards: revival as the amazing work of God; title: Charles Finney: revival as the reasonable acts of men; title: Dwight L. Moody: revival as big business; title: Billy Sunday: revival as entertainment; title: Aimee Semple McPherson: revival as spectacle.