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Preacher Girl

Uldine Utley and the Industry of Revival [Hardback]

by Thomas A. Robinson

    • Author

      Thomas A. Robinson

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Baylor University Press

    • Published

      July 2016

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      Uldine Utley defined the "girl evangelist" of the 1920s and 30s. She began her preaching career at age eleven, published a monthly magazine by age twelve, and by age fourteen was regularly packingthelargest venues in major American cities, including Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden. She stood toe to toe with Billy Sunday and Aimee Semple McPherson, the most famous revivalist preachers of the day. She became a darling of the secular press and wasmimicked and modeledin fiction and plays.In Preacher Girl , the first full biography of Utley, author Thomas Robinson shows that Utley's rise to fame was no accident. Utley's parents and staff carefully marked out her path early onto headline success. Not unlike Hollywood, revivalism was a business in which celebrity equated with success. Revivalism mixed equal parts of glamour and gospel, making stars of its preachers. Utley was its brightest.But childhood fame came at a price.
      As a series of Utley's previously unpublished poems reveal, after a decade of preaching, she was facing a near-constant fight against physical and mental exhaustion as she experienced the clash between the expectations of revivalism and herdesires for a normal life. Utley burned out at age twenty-four. The revival stage folded; fame faded; only a broken heart and a wounded mind remained.Both Utley's meteoric rise and its tragic outcome illuminate American religion as a business. In his compelling chronicle of Utley's life, Robinson highlights the surprising power of American revivalism to equal Hollywood's success as well as the potentially devastating private costs of public religious leadership. Themarketing and promotion machine of revivalism brought both fame and hardship for Utley--clashing by-products in thebusiness of winning souls for Christ.

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      • Author

        Thomas A. Robinson

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Baylor University Press

      • Published

        July 2016

      • Weight

        613g

      • Page Count

        332

      • Dimensions

        150 x 232 x 31 mm

      • ISBN

        9781481303958

      • ISBN-10

        1481303953

      • Eden Code

        4456237

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      • Author/Creator: Thomas A. Robinson

      • ISBN: 9781481303958

      • Publisher: Baylor University Press

      • Release Date: July 2016

      • Weight: 613g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 232 x 31 mm

      • Eden Code: 4456237


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