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Holy Fairs Scotland and the Making of American Revivalism

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ISBN-10: 0802849660

ISBN-13: 9780802849663

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Reprint)

Authors: Leigh Eric Schmidt

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List price: $27.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 278
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Leigh E. Schmidt is Edward Mallinckrodt University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis and is affiliated with the Center on Religion and Politics. He is author of Restless Souls: The Making of American Spirituality.Sally M. Promey is Professor of American Studies, Religion, and Visual Culture at Yale University, where she is also Deputy Director of the Institute of Sacred Music. She is author of Painting Religion in Public: John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion" at the Boston Public Library.

List of Illustrations
Preface to the New Edition
Prospect
From Reformation to Revival
Innovations and Legacies in the Age of Reform
The Rise of a Popular Festival
Covenanters and Communions
High Days in Scotland
The Sacramental Season in Early America
Communions and Camp Meetings
A Visible Gospel
The Historical Interpretation of Ritual
Preparation, Penitence, and Purification
Thresholds and Transformations
Communion and Community
The Mental World of Pastors and People
The Recovery of Popular Piety
Sinners and the Sacrament
From Diversion to Devotion
Popular Visions and Ministerial Revisions
The Rhythms of Piety
Communion and Consummation
The Autumn of the Sacramental Season
Burns and the Blacksmith
Frequency versus Festivity
The Reform of the Holy Fair
Legacies and Laments
Retrospect
Notes
Index