Bible in Pocket, Gun in Hand: The Story of Frontier Religion

by Ross Phares

Book Overview

"'The Story of Frontier Religion' could have been told in a great many ways, many of them dull. Here, however, interpretative matter has been kept to a minimum and source material selected with an unerring sense of humor. . . . There are chapters on the styles of preaching and of praying, the phenomena of revivalism, the church as a disciplinary force, frauds and 'bad men' who preached, scoffers and trouble-makers, the fiercely jocular competition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803257252
• ISBN13: 9780803257252
• Release Date: February 1971
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

interesting real life potential persecutions in the wild west

this is good stuff.... thank goodness all preachers didn't turn the other cheek too often.