Skip to main content
  • free

    Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.

    FREE delivery on orders over £10

  • UK

    Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK

    with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies

  • Church

    Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used

    by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools

  • Excellent 4.8 out of 5

    Trustpilot

Eden.co.uk

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Girl Evangelists in the Flapper Era [Hardback]

by Lanette D. Ruff, Thomas A. Robinson

    • Authors

      Lanette D. Ruff +1

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Oxford University Press

    • Published

      December 2011

      Read full description

      Today's Price

      £64.05

      Save 20%

      Free delivery icon

      Free UK Delivery

      Available - Usually dispatched within 4 days

      Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

      • Paypal
      • Google Pay
      • Apple Pay
      • Visa
      • Mastercard
      • Amex

      Out of the Mouths of Babes

      Today's Price £64.05

      You Might Also Like...

      Product Description

      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.

      Specification

      • Authors

        Lanette D. Ruff +1

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Oxford University Press

      • Published

        December 2011

      • Weight

        498g

      • Page Count

        252

      • Dimensions

        155 x 237 x 26 mm

      • ISBN

        9780199790876

      • ISBN-10

        0199790876

      • Eden Code

        4024373

      More Information

      • ISBN: 9780199790876

      • Publisher: Oxford University Press

      • Release Date: December 2011

      • Weight: 498g

      • Dimensions: 155 x 237 x 26 mm

      • Eden Code: 4024373

      Product Q+A

      Ask a Question

      Recently Viewed