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Author Walker, Pamela J., 1960-

Title Pulling the devil's kingdom down : the Salvation Army in Victorian Britain / Pamela J. Walker
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Roots of the Salvation Army; 2. Creating the Salvation Army; 3. Conversion: Theology and Narratives; 4. Saving Souls: Salvationists at Work; 5. Authority and Transgression; 6. Robbing the Devil of His Choice Tunes; 7. Disorderly Champions of Order; Postscript: The Legacy of the Salvation Army; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary This work aims to emphasize how the Salvation Army entered into 19th-century urban life. It follows the movement from its Methodist roots and East London origins through its struggles with the established denominations of England, problems with the law and the media, and the public manifestations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-328) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Salvation Army -- History
SUBJECT Salvation Army fast
Subject RELIGION -- Christianity -- Methodist.
Leger des Heils.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Christianity.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Church history -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056617
Subject Great Britain
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 00055166
ISBN 9780520925854
0520925858
0585390126
9780585390123
9780520225916
0520225910
1597348392
9781597348393