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RevivalistsMarketing the Gospel in English Canada, 1884-1957 |
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How prominent Canadian revivalists used commerce and entertainment to advance their Christian causes.
In Canada, the latter half of the nineteenth century marked a profound break with the settler past and the beginning of an age of commercialization. Kevin Kee shows how Protestant evangelists used theatre, film, and jazz to make religion personally relevant to their audiences.
The history of religious change has been largely devoted to study of the churches. Revivalists focuses on evangelists, singling out several significant entrepreneurs - Hugh Crossley and John Hunter, active from 1880 to 1910; Oswald J. Smith, who built his independent Toronto church into a popular evangelistic emporium; Frank Buchman and the Oxford Group, who appealed to the upper classes in the 1930s; and Charles Templeton, who enjoyed two careers as a revivalist. Kee shows that by adjusting their methods to the cultural forms of the day, these evangelists contributed to the vitality of Canadian Protestantism.
The history of religious change has been largely devoted to study of the churches. Revivalists focuses on evangelists, singling out several significant entrepreneurs - Hugh Crossley and John Hunter, active from 1880 to 1910; Oswald J. Smith, who built his independent Toronto church into a popular evangelistic emporium; Frank Buchman and the Oxford Group, who appealed to the upper classes in the 1930s; and Charles Templeton, who enjoyed two careers as a revivalist. Kee shows that by adjusting their methods to the cultural forms of the day, these evangelists contributed to the vitality of Canadian Protestantism.
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Part of the McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion Series (number 2.44 in series)
296 Pages, 6 x 9
ISBN 9780773530232
June 2006
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Kevin Kee, Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities and assistant professor, History, Brock University
Acknowledgments xiii
Illustrations xv
Introduction 3
1 A Night at the Theatre: Hugh Crossley, John Hunter, and the Marketing of Late Nineteenth-Century Mainstream Protestant Revivalism 13
2 “Anything at all to get a crowd”: Oswald J. Smith and Fundamentalist Revivalism between the Wars 53
3 Reflecting “the distinctive character of the age”: Frank Buchman and the Oxford Group in Canada, 1932-1934 96
4 “In tune with the times”: Charles Templeton and Post-World War II Revivalism 143
Epilogue 188
Notes 195
Bibliography 245
Index 265
Illustrations xv
Introduction 3
1 A Night at the Theatre: Hugh Crossley, John Hunter, and the Marketing of Late Nineteenth-Century Mainstream Protestant Revivalism 13
2 “Anything at all to get a crowd”: Oswald J. Smith and Fundamentalist Revivalism between the Wars 53
3 Reflecting “the distinctive character of the age”: Frank Buchman and the Oxford Group in Canada, 1932-1934 96
4 “In tune with the times”: Charles Templeton and Post-World War II Revivalism 143
Epilogue 188
Notes 195
Bibliography 245
Index 265
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