PROLOGUE: A Day in God's Square Mile; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PART I . THE CAMP MEETING AT OCEAN GROVE; 1. SETTING THE STAGE; 2. HOLY RHYTHMS; 3. HOLY SPACE; PART II. PERFORMING HOLINESS; 4. BODY AND SOUL; 5. MALE AND FEMALE; 6. JERUSALEM BY THE SEA; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX A: Charter of Association; APPENDIX B: By-laws; APPENDIX C: Rules and Regulations of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association of the United Methodist Church; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary
On July 31, 1869, twenty-two members of the holiness movement of the Methodist church gathered to pray on a beach on the New Jersey shore. Before long, Ocean Grove was established as "Gods Square Mile," the first permanent camp meeting dedicated to both religious and recreational pursuits. In this richly illustrated history, Troy Messenger provides a glimpse into a fascinating moment in the development of both nineteenth-century religion and American leisure culture
