August 16, 2026
Tag: Camp Meetings
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Two Faces of the American Camp Meeting
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The American camp meetings of the 1890s through the 1950s were good fits into the hard-scrabble life of that era. Many areas lacked traditional churches and there were few other diversions. John Davis was one such evangelist; he called his meetings, campaigns! For those who wanted spiritual experiences, it was Davis who provided them using…
Past Article
August 23, 2020 2 Comments
We historians, whether professional or amateur, casual or serious, real or imagined have many conceptual ideas about how history should be taught, learned, excepted as truth or fancy, and used to make decisions. Without regard to how history is learned we look at the “younger” generations and shake our heads thinking, “will they ever learn?” […]