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Religion History

Revivalists

Marketing the Gospel in English Canada, 1884-1957

by (author) Kevin Kee

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2006
Category
History, Evangelism
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773530225
    Publish Date
    Jun 2006
    List Price
    $110.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773530232
    Publish Date
    Jun 2006
    List Price
    $37.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773578173
    Publish Date
    Jun 2006
    List Price
    $37.95

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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.

About the author

Kevin Kee is Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities and assistant professor, History, Brock University.

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