TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Candy Gunther TI - The Word in the world: evangelical writing, publishing, and reading in America, 1789-1880 SN - 0807863335 AV - Z480.R4 B76 2004eb U1 - 070.5/0973/09034 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Christian literature KW - Publishing KW - United States KW - History KW - 18th century KW - 19th century KW - Evangelicalism KW - Christians KW - Books and reading KW - Religious newspapers and periodicals KW - Music KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Christianity and culture KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-321) and index; What is evangelical print culture? -- The world of evangelical publishing -- Marks of membership in an evangelical canon -- Readers and writers navigate the currents of the market -- Earnestly contending for the faith -- Priesthood of all believers -- Singing with the spirit and the understanding -- Unifying the pilgrim community N2 - The evangelical publishing community has been growing for more than two hundred years. Candy Gunther Brown explores the roots of this far-flung conglomeration of writers, publishers, and readers, from the founding of the Methodist Book Concern in 1789 to the 1880 publication of the runaway best-seller Ben-Hur UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=127487 ER -