Hallelujah Lads and Lasses: Remaking the Salvation Army in America, 1880-1930

by Lillian Taiz

Book Overview

So strongly associated is the Salvation Army with its modern mission of service that its colorful history as a religious movement is often overlooked. In telling the story of the organization in America, Lillian Taiz traces its evolution from a working-class, evangelical religion to a movement that emphasized service as the path to salvation.

When the Salvation Army crossed the Atlantic from Britain in 1879, it immediately began to adapt its...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807849359
• ISBN13: 9780807849354
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"