Religion and Violence in Early American Methodism: Taking the Kingdom by Force
Author:   Jeffrey Williams
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
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9780253354440


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   22 April 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jeffrey Williams
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780253354440


ISBN 10:   0253354447
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   22 April 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Foreword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Fighting the Good Fight 2. Contesting the Good Fight: Warfare and the American Revolution 3. The Power to ""Kill and Make Alive"": The Spiritual Battle and the Body in Post-Revolutionary America 4. Beating Their Plowshares into Swords: Methodists and Violence in Antebellum America 5. Methodist Respectability and the Decline of the Good Fight for Salvation 6. The Christian's Warfare and Social Violence Notes Bibliography Index

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Engages a different literature on spirituality, namely its violent dimensions ... extraordinarily well written, immensely important, and groundbreaking work. Russell E. Richey, Candler School of Theology, Emory University


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Jeffrey Williams is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University.

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