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City In The Woods: The Life and Design of an American Camp Meeting on Martha's Vineyard


City In The Woods: The Life and Design of an American Camp Meeting on Martha’s Vineyard


$19.95


During the nineteenth century, Methodist camp meetings–woodland revivals lasting several days–flourished throughout the United States. These tented villages often evolved into permanent communities with unique campground cottages and distinctive spatial configurations. The Wesleyan Grove camp meeting, founded on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, in 1835, is the premier example of this distinctiv…

Holy Leisure: Recreation & Religion in God's Square Mile


Holy Leisure: Recreation & Religion in God’s Square Mile


$59.95


The beach has always been the place to shake off the stresses of urban life, and to relax with friends and family. And yet, as Troy Messenger shows, the beach has been a site for religious revival for as long as it’s been a haven from the workday world. In this history of Ocean Grove, New Jersey, the first permanent camp meeting ground for religious revival, Messenger examines how the emergence of…

Wanake: A dream come true


Wanake: A dream come true