Building the Old Time Religion : : Women Evangelists in the Progressive Era / / Priscilla Pope-Levison.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Pope-Levison, Priscilla,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

2015 Smith/Wynkoop Book Award presented by the Wesleyan Theological Society2014 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleDuring the Progessive Era, a period of unprecedented ingenuity, women evangelists built the old time religion with brick and mortar, uniforms and automobiles, fresh converts and devoted protégés. Across America, entrepreneurial women founded churches, denominations, religious training schools, rescue homes, rescue missions, and evangelistic organizations. Until now, these intrepid women have gone largely unnoticed, though their collective yet unchoreographed decision to build institutions in the service of evangelism marked a seismic shift in American Christianity. In this ground-breaking study, Priscilla Pope-Levison dusts off the unpublished letters, diaries, sermons, and yearbooks of these pioneers to share their personal tribulations and public achievements. The effect is staggering. With an uncanny eye for essential details and a knack for historical nuance, Pope-Levison breathes life into not just one or two of these women-but two dozen.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Converted, Called, Commissioned A Phalanx of Institution Builders -- 1. Tents, Autos, Gospel Grenades -- 2. Mothers, Saints, Bishops -- 3. Biblical, Practical, Vocational -- 4. Soap, Soup, Salvation -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Evangelists and Institutions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Scripture References -- About the Author