Evangelicals at a crossroads
Subtitle: revivalism & social reform in Boston, 1860-1910
By: Benjamin L. Hartley
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Revisiting New England : the new regionalism
Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press; Published by University Press of New England
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Durham, N.H; Hanover, [N.H.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781584659280; 9781584659297
Subjects: Revivals; Evangelicalism; Church and social problems; Social conditions; Church history; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: D.L. Moody arrives in a changing Boston : "There is a magnetism in his voice"; title: The early years of evangelical institution building, 1858/1883 : "Good! you've got the fire in you"; title: Evangelicals and Boston politics : "The next protestant move will be no boys' play"; title: The Salvation Army and other evangelical organizations led by women, 1884/1892 : "Aggressive christianity"; title: Evangelical consensus and division : "All of this confusion and hurt"; title: The North End and the South End in the 1890s : "Let us re-take the north end for Methodism"; title: Conclusion : "The most marvelous revival of all of her history".