Thomas A. Robinson, Lanette D. Ruff

Out of the Mouths of Babes (eBook, PDF)

Girl Evangelists in the Flapper Era

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Produktbeschreibung

The 1920s saw one of the most striking revolutions in manners and morals to have marked North American society, affecting almost every aspect of life, from dress and drink to sex and salvation. Protestant Christianity was being torn apart by a heated controversy between traditionalists and the modernists, as they sought to determine how much their beliefs and practices should be altered by scientific study and more secular attitudes. Out of the controversy arose the Fundamentalist movement, which has become a powerful force in twentieth-century America. During this decade, hundreds (and perhaps thousands) of young girl preachers, some not even school age, joined the conservative Christian cause, proclaiming traditional values and condemning modern experiments with the new morality. Some of the girls drew crowds into the thousands. But the stage these girls gained went far beyond the revivalist platform. The girl evangelist phenomenon was recognized in the wider society as well, and the contrast to the flapper worked well for the press and the public. Girl evangelists stood out as the counter-type of the flapper, who had come to define the modern girl. The striking contrast these girls offered to the racy flapper and to modern culture generally made girl evangelists a convenient and effective tool for conservative and revivalist Christianity, a tool which was used by their adherents in the clash of cultures that marked the 1920s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199790951
• Artikelnr.: 38138251

Autorenporträt

Thomas A. Robinson holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies and has taught at the University of Lethbridge for the past twenty-five years. His fields of research include the rise of Pentecostalism in North America and Jewish-Christian relations in the Roman Empire. Lanette D. Ruff holds a Ph.D. in sociology and has studied various components of the criminal justice system's response to domestic violence. She teaches courses in Sociology, Family Violence Issues, and Women's Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Golden Age of Girl Evangelists
2. Cures for the Body and Soul
3. The Changing Face of American Religion
4. Women Preachers
5. A Revolution in Manners and Morals
6. Girl Evangelists Versus the Flappers
7. The Sexual Side of Selling Salvation
8. The Poster Child of Girl Evangelists
9. The Girls as Children
10. The Girls as Adults
11. The Girls as Evangelists
12. Preaching as Performance
13. The Girls and the Media
14. Criticism and Decline
15. Exiting the Stage
16. Explaining the Phenomenon
Appendix A: The Importance of the Newspaper Record
Appendix B: Brief Biographies
Appendix C: List of Girl Evangelists (1920s and 1930s)
Bibliography: Newspaper and Magazine Accounts of Girl Evangelists
General Bibliography