TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Jeffrey TI - Religion and violence in early American Methodism: taking the kingdom by force T2 - Religion in North America SN - 9780253004239 (electronic bk.) AV - BX8231 .W49 2010eb U1 - 287.0973/09033 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Bloomington, Ind. PB - Indiana University Press KW - Methodist Church KW - History KW - 18th century KW - 19th century KW - Violence KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Language and languages KW - United States KW - Church history KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based on print version record; 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 UR - http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=318245 ER -