Evangelicals at a Crossroads: Revivalism and Social Reform in Boston, 1860-1910Benjamin L. Hartley brings to light the little-known story of relative latecomers to Boston's religious scene: Methodist, Salvation Army, Baptist, and nondenominational Christians. Focusing on Congregationalists and Roman Catholics, Boston urban historians have largely overlooked these groups. Hartley, however, sheds light on the role of immigrant evangelical leaders from Italy, Sweden, and elsewhere in revivalism and social reform in postbellum Boston. Further, examining the contested nature of revivalism and social reform in a particular, local nineteenth-century context provides a basis for understanding the roots of current divisions in American Protestantism and the contentious role of evangelical religion in American politics. Hartley documents the importance of the American holiness movement as a precursor to the significant presence of Pentecostal groups in urban America, adding an important historical context for evangelical social action today. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
D L Moody Arrives in a Changing Boston | 15 |
The Early Years of Evangelical Institution Building 18581883 | 33 |
Evangelicals and Boston Politics | 65 |
The Salvation Army and Other Evangelical Organizations Led by Women 18841892 | 93 |
Evangelical Consensus and Division | 117 |
The North End and South End in the 1890s | 137 |
The Most Marvelous Revival of All of Her History | 165 |
Notes | 181 |
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| Title | Evangelicals at a Crossroads: Revivalism and Social Reform in Boston, 1860-1910 Revisiting New England |
| Author | Benjamin L. Hartley |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | UPNE, 2011 |
| ISBN | 1584659416, 9781584659419 |
| Length | 304 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Church / History Religion / Christian Ministry / Evangelism Religion / Christianity / Protestant Religion / General Social Science / Sociology / Urban Social Science / Sociology of Religion |
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