Revivals, Awakening and Reform

Revivals, Awakening and Reform

Author: William G. McLoughlin

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

ISBN: 9780226216256

Category: Religion

Page: 256

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In Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform, McLoughlin draws on psychohistory, sociology, and anthropology to examine the relationship between America's five great religious awakenings and their influence on five great movements for social reform in the United States. He finds that awakenings (and the revivals that are part of them) are periods of revitalization born in times of cultural stress and eventuating in drastic social reform. Awakenings are thus the means by which a people or nation creates and sustains its identity in a changing world. "This book is sensitive, thought-provoking and stimulating. It is 'must' reading for those interested in awakenings, and even though some may not revise their views as a result of McLoughlin's suggestive outline, none can remain unmoved by the insights he has provided on the subject."—Christian Century "This is one of the best books I have read all year. Professor McLoughlin has again given us a profound analysis of our culture in the midst of revivalistic trends."—Review and Expositor
Revivals, Awakening and Reform
Language: en
Pages: 256

Revivals, Awakening and Reform

Authors: William G. McLoughlin
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-06 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

In Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform, McLoughlin draws on psychohistory, sociology, and anthropology to examine the relationship between America's five great religious awakenings and their influence on five great movements for social reform in the United States. He finds that awakenings (and the revivals that are part of them) are periods
Wesley and Methodist Studies
Language: en
Pages: 192

Wesley and Methodist Studies

Authors: Geordan Hammond, William Gibson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-01 - Publisher: Clements Publishing Group

"Wesley and Methodist Studies " ("WMS") publishes peer-reviewed essays that examine the life and work of John and Charles Wesley, their contemporaries (proponents or opponents) in the eighteenth-century Evangelical Revival, their historical and theological antecedents, their successors in the Wesleyan tradition, and studies of the Wesleyan and Evangelical traditions today.
Religion in America
Language: en
Pages: 416

Religion in America

Authors: Edwin Scott Gaustad Professor of Religion and Professor of History John Corrigan, John Corrigan, Winthrop Hudson
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-07 - Publisher: Routledge

This comprehensive narrative account of religion in America from 1607 through the present depicts the religious life of the American people within the context of American society. It addresses topics ranging from the European/Puritan origins of American religious thought, the ramifications of the "Great Awakening", the effect of nationhood on
Embodying the Spirit
Language: en
Pages: 346

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Authors: Michael J. McClymond, Michael James McClymond
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-07-16 - Publisher: JHU Press

"This book will appeal to scholars and students of popular religion as well as to general readers interested in the subject."--BOOK JACKET.
Global Dictionary of Theology
Language: en
Pages: 996

Global Dictionary of Theology

Authors: William A. Dyrness, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-25 - Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Theological dictionaries are foundational to any theological library. But until now there has been no Global Dictionary of Theology, a theological dictionary that presumes the contribution of the Western tradition but moves beyond it to embrace and explore a full range of global expressions of theology. The Global Dictionary of