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The Word in the world : evangelical writing, publishing, and reading in America, 1789-1880 / Candy Gunther Brown.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 336 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0807863335
  • 9780807863336
  • 9780807828380
  • 0807828386
  • 9780807855119
  • 0807855111
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Word in the world.DDC classification:
  • 070.5/0973/09034 22
LOC classification:
  • Z480.R4 B76 2004eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
What is evangelical print culture? -- The world of evangelical publishing -- Marks of membership in an evangelical canon -- Readers and writers navigate the currents of the market -- Earnestly contending for the faith -- Priesthood of all believers -- Singing with the spirit and the understanding -- Unifying the pilgrim community.
Summary: The evangelical publishing community has been growing for more than two hundred years. Candy Gunther Brown explores the roots of this far-flung conglomeration of writers, publishers, and readers, from the founding of the Methodist Book Concern in 1789 to the 1880 publication of the runaway best-seller Ben-Hur.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)127487

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-321) and index.

What is evangelical print culture? -- The world of evangelical publishing -- Marks of membership in an evangelical canon -- Readers and writers navigate the currents of the market -- Earnestly contending for the faith -- Priesthood of all believers -- Singing with the spirit and the understanding -- Unifying the pilgrim community.

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The evangelical publishing community has been growing for more than two hundred years. Candy Gunther Brown explores the roots of this far-flung conglomeration of writers, publishers, and readers, from the founding of the Methodist Book Concern in 1789 to the 1880 publication of the runaway best-seller Ben-Hur.