The Holiness Revival of the Nineteenth Century (Studies in Evangelicalism, No. 1) (Hardcover)

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This new edition expands and updates the only general interpretation of the rise and influence of perfectionist revivalism in America and Europe. Fifteen years of expanding research on the holiness movement reinforce this volume's continuing seminal value to cultural and social research. The new concluding essay describes the history of the revival through the turn of the century. This book expands our understanding of the fragmentation and coalescence of American religion by analyzing the factors which created numerous new holiness denominations. Dieter also outlines the historical and theological factors that separate this largely Wesleyan and Methodist wing of evangelicalism from the fundamentalism of Reformed evangelicals. The identification of such nuances will prove especially helpful to those struggling with the extreme diversity in American religion, especially in evangelicalism. For students and scholars of American religious movements as well as students of the feminist, temperance, abolitionist, and populist movements in American society. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

Melvin E. Dieter is Professor Emeritus of church history and historical theology at Asbury Theological Seminary. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Scarecrow Pr (December 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810813289
• ISBN-13: 978-0810813281
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,504,865 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, January 24, 2003

By	Joshua L Wright "book and music fan" (Royal Oak, MI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Excellent introduction to the study of the Holiness movement. The book is thorough but not overwhelming, and is indespensible to the study of Protestant Christianity in North America and overseas. This book fills a niche and covers a topic often neglected by the Reformed-dominated American East Coast academy. I highly recommend it.