The Preacher Paradigm: Promotional Biographies and the Modern-Made Evangelist

Between 1886 and 1931, Christian publishing houses in the United States offered an unprecedented biographical profile of the contemporary American evangelist as an unambiguously modern figure. Sold at tabernacle tents, Christian bookshops, and church fund-raisers, these texts simultaneously document...

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Main Author: Lofton, Kathryn E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press [2006]
In: Religion and American culture
Year: 2006, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-123
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