Faith in Reading
Subtitle: Religious Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media in America (Religion in America)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: July 12, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780195335781
Subjects: Christian social thought & activity; Media, information & communication industries; Christianity - History - General; Publishing; United States - 19th Century; History : United States - 19th Century; Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishing; Religion : Christianity - History - General; Religion; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
First sentence: Though fueled by a new millennial optimism in the early nineteenth century, Samuel Mills's dream in 1815 of supplying a Bible to everyone had roots sunk deep into the history of Protestant Christianity.