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Exhibiting evangelicalism : commemoration and religion's presence of the past / Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Public history in historical perspectivePublisher: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2022]Description: 1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781613769300
  • 161376930X
  • 1613769296
  • 9781613769294
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Exhibiting evangelicalismDDC classification:
  • 277.308/3 23/eng/20220126
LOC classification:
  • BR1642.U5 M348 2022
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Inventing evangelical heritage : the Billy Sunday home and Park Street Church, 1935-1969 -- Reviving evangelical heritage : planning the Billy Graham Center, 1970-1974 -- Experiencing evangelical heritage : emotion, immersion, and the production of historical knowledge at the Billy Graham Center Museum, 1974-2000 -- Weaponizing evangelical heritage : nostalgia, Christian nationalism, and the culture wars at the Billy Graham Library, 2007-2017 -- Mainstreaming evangelical heritage at the Museum of the Bible.
Summary: "Religion is a subject often overlooked or ignored by public historians. Whether they are worried about inadvertent proselytizing or fearful of contributing to America's ongoing culture wars, many heritage professionals steer clear of discussing religion's formative role in the past when they build collections, mount exhibits, and develop educational programming. Yet religious communities have long been active contributors to the nation's commemorative landscape. Exhibiting Evangelicalism provides the first account of the growth and development of historical museums created by white evangelical Christians in the United States over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Exploring the histories of the Museum of the Bible, the Billy Graham Center Museum, the Billy Sunday Home, and Park Street Church, Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas illustrates how these sites enabled religious leaders to develop a coherent identity for their fractious religious movement and to claim the centrality of evangelicalism to American history. In their zeal to craft a particular vision of the national past, evangelicals engaged with a variety of public history practices and techniques that made them major players in the field-including becoming early adopters of public history's experiential turn"-- Provided by publisher.
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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)3381611

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Inventing evangelical heritage : the Billy Sunday home and Park Street Church, 1935-1969 -- Reviving evangelical heritage : planning the Billy Graham Center, 1970-1974 -- Experiencing evangelical heritage : emotion, immersion, and the production of historical knowledge at the Billy Graham Center Museum, 1974-2000 -- Weaponizing evangelical heritage : nostalgia, Christian nationalism, and the culture wars at the Billy Graham Library, 2007-2017 -- Mainstreaming evangelical heritage at the Museum of the Bible.

"Religion is a subject often overlooked or ignored by public historians. Whether they are worried about inadvertent proselytizing or fearful of contributing to America's ongoing culture wars, many heritage professionals steer clear of discussing religion's formative role in the past when they build collections, mount exhibits, and develop educational programming. Yet religious communities have long been active contributors to the nation's commemorative landscape. Exhibiting Evangelicalism provides the first account of the growth and development of historical museums created by white evangelical Christians in the United States over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Exploring the histories of the Museum of the Bible, the Billy Graham Center Museum, the Billy Sunday Home, and Park Street Church, Devin C. Manzullo-Thomas illustrates how these sites enabled religious leaders to develop a coherent identity for their fractious religious movement and to claim the centrality of evangelicalism to American history. In their zeal to craft a particular vision of the national past, evangelicals engaged with a variety of public history practices and techniques that made them major players in the field-including becoming early adopters of public history's experiential turn"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 28, 2022).