revival tents
Outdoor preaching shelters
Revival tents are large temporary canvas structures erected for evangelical religious gatherings, particularly associated with American Protestant Christianity.
Traveling preachers would set up these tents in rural areas and small towns for multiday meetings featuring impassioned sermons, hymn singing, and altar calls.
The tradition peaked in the early-to-mid twentieth century: The revival tent went up at the edge of town every summer.
The term evokes a particular style of fervent, populist Christianity.
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