Out of the mouths of babes
Subtitle: girl evangelists in the flapper era
By: by Thomas A. Robinson and Lanette R. Ruff
Contributors: Ruff, Lanette R.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780199790876
Subjects: History; Girl evangelists; Church history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-227) and index.
Table of contents: title: The golden age of girl evangelists; title: Cures for the body and soul; title: The changing face of American religion; title: Women preachers; title: A revolution in manners and morals; title: Girl evangelists versus the flappers; title: The sexual side of selling salvation; title: The poster child of girl evangelists; title: The girls as children; title: The girls as adults; title: The girls as evangelists; title: Preaching as performance; title: The girls and the media; title: Criticism and decline; title: Exiting the stage; title: Explaining the phenomenon; title: Appendix A. The importance of the newspaper record; title: Appendix B. Brief biographies; title: Appendix C. List of girl evangelists (1920s and 1930s).