God's Man for the Gilded Age: D.L. Moody and the Rise of Modern Mass Evangelism.(Book Review)

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God's Man for the Gilded Age: D.L. Moody and the Rise of Modern Mass Evangelism. By Bruce J. Evensen. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. 240. $29.95.)

Readers seeking a critical biography of Dwight Lyman Moody will not be satisfied with this new work. Readers interested in fresh insights into the origins of contemporary mass evangelism will find Bruce J. Evensen's work helpful. Throughout this readable book, the author demonstrates how Moody "perfected his revival instrument, which meshed the machinery of mass media with preevent planning [that] produced ...

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