ABSTRACT
Arthur Tappan Pierson (1837-1911) became a significant figure in the transatlantic conservative evangelical movement of the late nineteenth century. An associate of Dwight L. Moody, Pierson, like his fellow revivalists, was driven by deep anxieties to try to restore the influence of Bible-based Christianity. They feared the corrosive effects on faith of science, migration to the cities and new forms of industrial life. The desire to reach all classes with the gospel took Pierson away from grand church buildings to modern urban equivalents of mission halls and camp meetings. He also eventually freed himself from denominational loyalties.
