Holy Leisure
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: August 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9781566398411
Subjects: American studies; Christian revivalist & charismatic worship; Leisure; Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association; Methodist Church; Episcopal Churches; New Jersey - Local History; Religion; Religion - Denominations - Religions; Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Assoc; USA; New Jersey; Christianity - History - Protestant; Christianity - Methodist; Christianity - Methodism; Recreation; Christianity - History - General; Religious aspects; History; History of doctrines; Ocean Grove
Description: "Holy Leisure is a significant historical and contemporary exploration of how the rise of free time - and our consequent rush to the beach - went hand in hand with America's need to escape the secular world of work through leisure and religious renewal."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Pb