Origins of the Salvation Army
Norman MurdochHardback 1995-01-01
Publisher Description
Murdoch (history, U. of Cincinnati) challenges notions popularized in the denomination's official histories as she follows the lives and work of the Salvation Army's founders, William and Catherine Booth, from their beginnings as Wesleyan evangelists in England in the 1850s to their inauguration of a Utopian social plan in 1890, a blueprint for ending unemployment and moving slum dwellers back to the land. Of interest to scholars of 19th-century social reform and evangelical Protestantism. Includes b&w photos and illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Publisher Description
Murdoch (history, U. of Cincinnati) challenges notions popularized in the denomination's official histories as she follows the lives and work of the Salvation Army's founders, William and Catherine Booth, from their beginnings as Wesleyan evangelists in England in the 1850s to their inauguration of a Utopian social plan in 1890, a blueprint for ending unemployment and moving slum dwellers back to the land. Of interest to scholars of 19th-century social reform and evangelical Protestantism. Includes b&w photos and illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.