The Word in the World: Evangelical Writing, Publishing, and Reading in America, 1789-1880

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Univ of North Carolina Press, 2004 - 336 pages
The recent success of the Left Behind book series, which sold over 50 million books, points to an enormous readership of evangelical Christian literature that has not gone unnoticed by the mainstream publishing world. But this is not a recent phenomenon;
 

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Table des matières

What Is Evangelical Print Culture?
27
The World of Evangelical Publishing
46
Marks of Membership in an Evangelical Canon
79
Readers and Writers Navigate the Currents of the Market
115
The Uses of Evangelical Print Culture
139
Earnestly Contending for the Faith
141
Priesthood of All Believers
167
Singing with the Spirit
190
Unifying the Pilgrim Community
213
The Word in the World of TwentyfirstCentury American Culture
243
Notes
249
Bibliography
275
Index
321
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Page 2 - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God ; all things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Page 298 - SINGERS and SONGS of the CHURCH : being Biographical Sketches of the Hymn-Writers in all the principal Collections ; with Notes on their Psalms and Hymns. By JOSIAH MILLER, MA Second Edition, enlarged.
Page 298 - WHAT TO READ, AND HOW TO READ, being Classified Lists of Choice Reading, with appropriate hints and remarks, adapted to the general reader, to subscribers, to libraries, and to persons intending to form collections of books. Brought down to September, 1870. By CHARLES H. MOORE, MD 1 vol., 12mo.

À propos de l'auteur (2004)

Candy Gunther Brown is associate professor of religious studies at Indiana University.

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