This book presents a historical and theological understanding of how and why Christian revivalism came to be what it is, mainly a series of ineffective meetings. The work shows how revivalism moved from the Edwardian emphasis on the amazing works of God, as the Puritans would have put it, to the "new methods" of Charles Finney and revival as the reasonable works of man as befits Jacksonian democracy. Later, D.L. Moody concentrated on methodology to such a degree that revivals became big business and the focus of the Gilded Age. With Billy Sunday, revivalism has lost all content and has become nothing more than entertainment.…mehr
This book presents a historical and theological understanding of how and why Christian revivalism came to be what it is, mainly a series of ineffective meetings. The work shows how revivalism moved from the Edwardian emphasis on the amazing works of God, as the Puritans would have put it, to the "new methods" of Charles Finney and revival as the reasonable works of man as befits Jacksonian democracy. Later, D.L. Moody concentrated on methodology to such a degree that revivals became big business and the focus of the Gilded Age. With Billy Sunday, revivalism has lost all content and has become nothing more than entertainment.
Freelance writer William H. Cooper, Jr., is a retired minister and former adjunct professor at Birmingham Theological Seminary in Birmingham Alabama. His book reviews have appeared in Presbyterian Journal and Reformed Theological Seminary. He lives in Battlefield, Missouri.
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Table of Contents Preface Introduction I. Jonathan Edwards: Revival as the Amazing Work of God II. Charles Finney: Revival as the Reasonable Acts of Men III. Dwight L. Moody: Revival as Big Business IV. Billy Sunday: Revival as Entertainment V. Aimee Semple McPherson: Revival as Spectacle Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Preface Introduction I. Jonathan Edwards: Revival as the Amazing Work of God II. Charles Finney: Revival as the Reasonable Acts of Men III. Dwight L. Moody: Revival as Big Business IV. Billy Sunday: Revival as Entertainment V. Aimee Semple McPherson: Revival as Spectacle Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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