Citizens of Zion
Author | : Ellen Eslinger |
Publisher | : Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 1572332565 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781572332560 |
Rating | : 4/5 (560 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Citizens of Zion by : Ellen Eslinger
Download or read book Citizens of Zion written by Ellen Eslinger and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America's most enduring forms of public worship, the camp meeting had its beginnings at the dawn of the nineteenth century during the "Great Revival" that swept the newly settled regions of the young republic. The culmination of this phenonenon came in 1801 at Cane Ridge Presbyterian meetinghouse in Kentucky, where more than ten thousand people gathered for a week of worship and fellowship.