02836nam 2200673Ia 450 991045836970332120200520144314.01-280-45260-90-19-535582-2(CKB)1000000000403025(EBL)272773(OCoLC)476012492(SSID)ssj0000310960(PQKBManifestationID)11260391(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310960(PQKBWorkID)10315988(PQKB)11623936(MiAaPQ)EBC272773(Au-PeEL)EBL272773(CaPaEBR)ebr10278749(CaONFJC)MIL45260(OCoLC)466427980(EXLCZ)99100000000040302519970310d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTaking heaven by storm[electronic resource] Methodism and the rise of popular Christianity in America /John H. WiggerNew York Oxford University Pressc19981 online resource (284 p.)Religion in America seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-510452-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; 1 The Emergence of American Methodism; 2 The Methodist Connection; 3 The Methodist Itinerant; 4 The Social Principle; 5 A Boiling Hot Religion; 6 Slavery and African-American Methodism; 7 Sisters and Mothers in Israel; 8 Methodism Transformed; Appendix; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; YIn this work, the author explores the rapid growth of American Methodism following the Revolutionary War. He argues that Methodism's style, tone and agenda became part of the fabric of American life, influencing all other mass religious movements and areas unconnected to the church as well.Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)MethodismHistory18th centuryMethodismHistory19th centuryMethodist ChurchUnited StatesHistory18th centuryMethodist ChurchUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesChurch history18th centuryUnited StatesChurch history19th centuryElectronic books.MethodismHistoryMethodismHistoryMethodist ChurchHistoryMethodist ChurchHistory287/.0973/09033Wigger John H.1959-935645MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458369703321Taking heaven by storm2107587UNINA