Out of the mouths of babes : girl evangelists in the flapper era
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Out of the mouths of babes : girl evangelists in the flapper era
（Religion in America series）
Oxford University Press, c2012
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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The 1920s saw one of the most striking revolutions in manners and morals to have marked North American society, affecting almost every aspect of life, from dress and drink to sex and salvation. Protestant Christianity was being torn apart by a heated controversy between traditionalists and the modernists, as they sought to determine how much their beliefs and practices should be altered by scientific study and more secular attitudes. Out of the controversy arose the
Fundamentalist movement, which has become a powerful force in twentieth-century America.
During this decade, hundreds (and perhaps thousands) of young girl preachers, some not even school age, joined the conservative Christian cause, proclaiming traditional values and condemning modern experiments with the new morality. Some of the girls drew crowds into the thousands. But the stage these girls gained went far beyond the revivalist platform. The girl evangelist phenomenon was recognized in the wider society as well, and the contrast to the flapper worked well for the press and the
public. Girl evangelists stood out as the counter-type of the flapper, who had come to define the modern girl. The striking contrast these girls offered to the racy flapper and to modern culture generally made girl evangelists a convenient and effective tool for conservative and revivalist
Christianity, a tool which was used by their adherents in the clash of cultures that marked the 1920s.
Table of Contents
- 1. The Golden Age of Girl Evangelists
- 2. Cures for the Body and Soul
- 3. The Changing Face of American Religion
- 4. Women Preachers
- 5. A Revolution in Manners and Morals
- 6. Girl Evangelists Versus the Flappers
- 7. The Sexual Side of Selling Salvation
- 8. The Poster Child of Girl Evangelists
- 9. The Girls as Children
- 10. The Girls as Adults
- 11. The Girls as Evangelists
- 12. Preaching as Performance
- 13. The Girls and the Media
- 14. Criticism and Decline
- 15. Exiting the Stage
- 16. Explaining the Phenomenon
- Appendix A: The Importance of the Newspaper Record
- Appendix B: Brief Biographies
- Appendix C: List of Girl Evangelists (1920s and 1930s)
- Bibliography: Newspaper and Magazine Accounts of Girl Evangelists
- General Bibliography
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