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From the early narratives of such colonial writers as Jonathan Edwards to the more recent conversion experiences of Jim Bakker, Jerry Falwell, and Pat Robertson, America is rich in both conversions and autobiographies. This volume provides a sourcebook for the study of American religious conversion narratives. It includes entries providing biographical, bibliographic, and critical commentary on thirty significant writers of conversion narratives. The subjects include writers of early colonial America, such as Mary Rowlandson and John Woolman, nineteenth-century women writers, such as Carry Nation and Ann Eliza Young, and writers from the twentieth-century social gospel movement, such as John Cogley and Dorothy Day. Chapters on subjects such as Jim Bakker give insight into the rise of televangelism. Finally, chapters on such writers as Frederick Douglass, Eldridge Cleaver, and Piri Thomas cover the conversion experiences of those who lived outside mainstream American culture.
The chapters are arranged alphabetically. Each one is divided into sections providing a short biography, discussing the narrative, covering criticism of the narrative, and a bibliography. The work concludes with a bibliographic essay and a full subject index.
Contents
Preface Introduction: Autobiography and Conversion Jim Bakker, Move That Mountain Lyman Beecher, The Autobiography of Lyman Beecher Black Elk, Black Elk Speaks Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Fire John Cogley, A Canterbury Tale: Experiences and Reflections: 1916-1976 Charles W. Colson, Born Again Nicky Cruz, Run, Baby, Run Mary Francis Clare Cusack, The Nun of Kenmare Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself Jonathan Edwards, Personal Narrative Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Jerry Falwell, Strength for the Journey Charles Grandison Finney, The Memoirs of Charles Grandison Finney Alexander Irvine, From the Bottom Up Rebecca Cox Jackson, Gifts of Power: The Writings of Rebecca Jackson, Black Visionary, Shaker Eldress Peter Jenkins, A Walk Across America Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X Aimee Semple McPherson, In the Service of the King Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain William Miller, Apology and Defense Carry Nation, The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation Daniel Alexander Payne, Reflections of Seventy Years Pat Robertson, Shout It from the Housetops Mary Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, Together with the Faithfulness of His Promises Displayed; Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Thomas Shepard, The Autobiography of Thomas Shepard Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets Alan Watts, In My Own Way John Woolman, The Journal of John Woolman Ann Eliza Young, Life in Mormon Bondage: A Complete Expose of Its False Prophets, Murderous Danites, Despotic Rulers, and Hypnotized Deluded Subjects Bibliographic Essay Index
