Exhibiting Evangelicalism: Commemoration and Religions Presence of the Past Manzullo-Thomas Devin C.
Exhibiting Evangelicalism: Commemoration and Religions Presence of the Past Manzullo-Thomas Devin C. Religion is a subject often overlooked or ignored by public historians. Yet religious communities…
Specifikacia Exhibiting Evangelicalism: Commemoration and Religions Presence of the Past Manzullo-Thomas Devin C.
Exhibiting Evangelicalism: Commemoration and Religions Presence of the Past Manzullo-Thomas Devin C.
Religion is a subject often overlooked or ignored by public historians. Yet religious communities have long been active contributors to the nation's commemorative landscape.Exhibiting Evangelicalism provides the first account of the growth and development of historical museums created by white evangelical Christians in the United States over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Whether they are worried about inadvertent proselytizing or fearful of contributing to America's ongoing culture wars, many heritage professionals steer clear of discussing religion's formative role in the past when they build collections, mount exhibits, and develop educational programming.
Manzullo-Thomas illustrates how these sites enabled religious Exploring the histories of the Museum of the Bible, the Billy Graham Center Museum, the Billy Sunday Home, and Park Street Church, Devin C.