Hero of the Heartland
Billy Sunday and the Transformation of American Society, 1862-1935
William Ashley Billy Sunday was the most popular and influential evangelist of his time. Between 1896 and 1935 the colorful, Iowa-born evangelist toured first his native Midwest and then the nation, preaching in tent and tabernacle, espousing a simplistic but, for many, deeply satisfying interpretation of Christianity. Embodying the traditional values and attitudes of the heartland and at home in an increasingly diverse, urban, industrial America, Sunday won the hearts -- and the pocketbooks -- of millions of Americans.Hero of the Heartland is an interpretive biography that focuses on the ways in which the man and his career resonated with th…
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- ISBN: 978-0-253-34129-7
- EAN: 9780253341297
- Produktnummer: 33456415
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 184 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.0 cm
- Abbildungen: 19 b&w photos
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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