Williams, Jeffrey,  1973- <br/><br/>
Religion and violence in early American Methodism  taking the kingdom by force /  [electronic resource] : 
Jeffrey Williams. 
 - Bloomington, Ind. :  Indiana University Press,  c2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xii, 228 p.) 
 - Religion in North America .
 - Religion in North America. .
<br/><br/> Description based on print version record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780253004239 (electronic bk.) 0253004233 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Methodist Church--History--18th century.<br/>Methodist Church--History--19th century.<br/>Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.<br/>Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Church history--18th century.<br/>United States--Church history--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX8231  / .W49 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>287.0973/09033