by John D. Pierce | Jul 27, 2021 | Opinion
Revivalism impacted the religious upbringing and inherited faith of many of us in ways we likely didn’t realize. The doctrine, terminology and formulated methods of emotion-driven evangelical evangelism grew out of this frontier phenomenon. Ultimately, the seasonal,...
by Martin Marty (The Martin Marty Center: Sightings) | Apr 21, 2015 | Opinion
“Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation” is the subtitle of the book, “America’s Pastor,” an acclaimed sort-of-biography by acclaim-worthy Duke University historian Grant Wacker. Wacker discussed recently his book at the Cushwa Center...
by Larry Greenfield | Aug 10, 2012 | Opinion
Election campaigns are like revival services. You can’t have them all the time, since what election campaigns and revival services are about is some evaluation of what’s happened before and what’s possible going forward. They aren’t about...
by Yonat Shimron | Jun 20, 2011 | News
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) It’s summer. It’s hot. It’s the South. That must mean it’s time for an old-fashioned camp meeting. Next week (June 23-26), the bygone staple of the tent revival will be reincarnated on a bucolic North Carolina farm as The Wild Goose Festival. Nearly...
