Religion and violence in early American Methodism: taking the kingdom by force
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 pl...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Ind. [u.a.]
Indiana University Press
2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Series/Journal: | Religion in North America
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Violent behavior
/ Metaphor
/ Spiritual life
/ Methodism
/ History 1770-1900
B Protestant social teaching |
| Further subjects: | B
Methodist Church
History 19th century
B Language and languages Religious aspects Christianity B Methodist Church History 18th century B Violence Religious aspects Christianity |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0253354447 |