| Amanda Berry Smith: From Washerwoman to Evangelist Contributor(s): Israel, Adrienne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810846543 ISBN-13: 9780810846548 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $60.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Evangelism - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Studies in Evangelicalism |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.52 lbs) 191 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now available in paperback This biography is the compelling story of Amanda Berry Smith, a former slave and washer-woman with less than a year of formal education who rose to become one of the nineteenth century's most important and successful Christian evangelists. Based on letters published in Christian newspapers, copies of her own newspaper The Helper, and numerous public records and documents, this biography puts Amanda Berry Smith's eventful life in a proper historical perspective, evaluating the significant impact of her deeds. It traces her beginnings as the child of freed blacks in antebellum Pennsylvania, her turbulent marriages, her search for communities and faith in New York City, and her eventual prominence as a camp-fire missionary and as a world traveler of spiritual faith. This thoughtful individual study probes the complex relationship between herself and other contemporary reformers, black and white, and answers many questions left unanswered by Smith's own autobiography. |