Preacher: Billy Sunday and Big-time American EvangelismUniversity of Illinois Press, 2002 - 351 Seiten In this fast-paced, captivating account of Billy Sunday's life, Roger A. Bruns masterfully unfolds the story of modern evangelism. Born in Iowa during the Civil War, Sunday rose to fame as the "fastest man in baseball" during his career with the Chicago White Stockings in the 1880s. But he turned his back on the game when he heard the call of God, first spreading his old-fashioned, fundamentalist message in Chicago's gritty saloons. In the tabernacles and tents of his traveling revival, Sunday served up a spectacle of rambunctious antics and quick-tongued invectives all grounded in his own moral and religious authority. He beseeched the "fal-da-rol" and "tommyrot" displayed by intellectuals, evolutionists, Unitarians, and left-wing radicals to build a massive religious dynasty that foreshadowed the successful careers of Jimmy Swaggart and Billy Graham. A stirring orator and consummate showman, Sunday's evangelical message reached millions of Americans, even before the advent of radio and television broadcasting. With unerring verve, Bruns chronicles how Sunday bridged the gap between the tent revivals of the nineteenth century and the evangelical empires of today. |
Inhalt
Prairie Days | 21 |
From Sandlots to Sawdust | 33 |
Revivalist | 59 |
The Man the Method the Team | 80 |
Furies of Change | 114 |
Up with the Dukes Devil | 134 |
Away John Barleycorn | 154 |
Red Emma Et Al | 187 |
Joining Hands in Glory in Atlanta | 225 |
Gods Grenadier | 248 |
Fundamentalists Take Arms | 262 |
Amen | 289 |
NOTES | 307 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 327 |
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Of Rubicons and Waterloos Bill in New York | 202 |