02307nam a2200457Ia 4500 ocn613205852 OCoLC 20200709055251.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 100510s2010 inu sb s001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780253004239 (electronic bk.) 0253004233 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)613205852 318245 (N$T) n-us--- BX8231 .W49 2010eb 287.0973/09033 22 N$TA Williams, Jeffrey, 1973- Religion and violence in early American Methodism [electronic resource] : taking the kingdom by force / Jeffrey Williams. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2010. 1 online resource (xii, 228 p.) Religion in North America Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Description based on print version record. 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. Print version: Williams, Jeffrey, 1973- Religion and violence in early American Methodism. Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2010 9780253354440 (DLC) 2009034078 (OCoLC)319492200 Religion in North America. NetLibrary http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=318245 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 49835 49835