Religion and violence in early American Methodism : taking the kingdom by force /
Williams, Jeffrey, 1973-
Religion and violence in early American Methodism : taking the kingdom by force / Jeffrey Williams. - Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) - Religion in North America . - Religion in North America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein -- Introduction -- Fighting the good fight -- Contesting the good fight : warfare and the American Revolution -- The power to "kill and make alive" : the spiritual battle and the body in post-Revolutionary America -- Beating their plowshares into swords : Methodists and violence in antebellum America -- Methodist respectability and the decline of the good fight for salvation -- The Christian's warfare and social violence.
Early American Methodists commonly described their religious lives as great wars with sin and claimed they wrestled with God and Satan who assaulted them in terrible ways. Carefully examining a range of sources, including sermons, letters, autobiographies, journals, and hymns, Jeffrey Williams explores this violent aspect of American religious life and thought. Williams exposes Methodism's insistence that warfare was an inevitable part of Christian life and necessary for any person who sought God's redemp.
English.
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1700-1899
Methodist Church--History--18th century.
Methodist Church--History--19th century.
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Église méthodiste--Histoire--18e siècle.
Église méthodiste--Histoire--19e siècle.
Violence--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Langage et langues--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
RELIGION--Christianity--Methodist.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity
Methodist Church
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity
United States--Church history--18th century.
United States--Church history--19th century.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse--18e siècle.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse--19e siècle.
United States
Electronic books.
Church history
History
BX8231 / .W49 2010eb
287.0973/09033
Religion and violence in early American Methodism : taking the kingdom by force / Jeffrey Williams. - Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) - Religion in North America . - Religion in North America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein -- Introduction -- Fighting the good fight -- Contesting the good fight : warfare and the American Revolution -- The power to "kill and make alive" : the spiritual battle and the body in post-Revolutionary America -- Beating their plowshares into swords : Methodists and violence in antebellum America -- Methodist respectability and the decline of the good fight for salvation -- The Christian's warfare and social violence.
Early American Methodists commonly described their religious lives as great wars with sin and claimed they wrestled with God and Satan who assaulted them in terrible ways. Carefully examining a range of sources, including sermons, letters, autobiographies, journals, and hymns, Jeffrey Williams explores this violent aspect of American religious life and thought. Williams exposes Methodism's insistence that warfare was an inevitable part of Christian life and necessary for any person who sought God's redemp.
English.
9780253004239 0253004233 1282555146 9781282555143 9786612555145 6612555149
9786612555145
255514 MIL
1700-1899
Methodist Church--History--18th century.
Methodist Church--History--19th century.
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Église méthodiste--Histoire--18e siècle.
Église méthodiste--Histoire--19e siècle.
Violence--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
Langage et langues--Aspect religieux--Christianisme.
RELIGION--Christianity--Methodist.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity
Methodist Church
Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity
United States--Church history--18th century.
United States--Church history--19th century.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse--18e siècle.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse--19e siècle.
United States
Electronic books.
Church history
History
BX8231 / .W49 2010eb
287.0973/09033