Religion and violence in early American Methodism : taking the kingdom by force / / Jeffrey Williams
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| Autore: |
Williams Jeffrey <1973->
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| Titolo: |
Religion and violence in early American Methodism : taking the kingdom by force / / Jeffrey Williams
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| Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 287.0973/09033 |
| Soggetto topico: | Methodist Church - History - 18th century |
| Methodist Church - History - 19th century | |
| Violence - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
| Language and languages - Religious aspects - Christianity | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Church history 18th century |
| United States Church history 19th century | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 redemption. He reveals a complex relationship between religion and violence, showing how violent expression helped to provide context and meaning to Methodist thought and practice, even as Methodist religious life was shaped by both peaceful and violent social action. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Religion and violence in early American Methodism |
| ISBN: | 1-282-55514-6 |
| 9786612555145 | |
| 0-253-00423-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807237703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Religion in North America.