Religion and violence in early American Methodism taking the kingdom by force - Williams, Jeffrey, 1973- (Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2010)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Keywords: Methodist Church -- History -- 18th century; Methodist Church -- History -- 19th century; United States -- Church history -- 18th century; United States -- Church history -- 19th century; Violence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Language and languages -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Electronic books