We Have Heard the Joyful Sound

Charles E. Fuller's Radio Broadcast and the Rise of Modern Evangelicalism

Bibliographic Data

ID4745758
AuthorsPeter Goff (0000-0003-4461-3848, corresponding author), Philip Goff
Year1999
Volume9
Issue1
Pages67-95
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligion and American Culture A Journal of Interpretation (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1052-1151 • E-ISSN: 1533-8568
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/1123927
OpenAlexW2019239676
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

The message that Grace Fuller had awaited for years arrived at her cabin in the San Bernardino mountains. Here, she sought relief from the Southern California heat that aggravated her tuberculosis, for which there was no easy treatment in 1916. Her husband, Charles, had gone to church alone in Los Angeles to hear Paul Rader, the boxer-turned-evangelist. There, Charles converted to fundamental Christianity. Unable to contain his excitement, he informed her of his call to missions, probably Africa. Certain the heat would do her in, Grace's gratitude for Charles's religious experience was tempered by the idea of being a missionary. She thought to herseif, "I'll go with him anywhere in the world, but oh, my goodness, I hope it isn't to a hotclimate

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