The Culture of Conversionism and the History of the Altar Call - Softcover

Cherry, Jason

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9781523217748: The Culture of Conversionism and the History of the Altar Call
Softcover
ISBN 10: 152321774X ISBN 13: 9781523217748
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

How is it that the history of the central methodology of the American church has remained largely ignored, unprobed, and untold? For two hundred years it was the routine of American Evangelicalism to give an altar call at the end of church services. Many people may think they know the history of the altar call. They know is started around the time of The Second Great Awakening camp meetings and they may connect it in some manner to Charles Finney. And yet there has been a gaping hole in American church history regarding the foremost evangelical methodology. This invigorating new history of the altar call fills that hole, describing the cultural and theological context out of which it was born, the individuals who systematized it, and the lasting results that persist in the present day.

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About the Author

Jason Cherry is an elder at Trinity Reformed Church in Huntsville, Alabama, as well as a teacher and lecturer of literature, American history, and economics at Providence Classical School in Huntsville. He graduated from Reformed Theological Seminary with an MA in Religion and is the author of the book The Culture of Conversionism and the History of the Altar Call, now available on Amazon.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
152321774X
ISBN 13 
9781523217748
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
164
Rating
  • 4.64 out of 5 stars
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