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History Of The Methodist Episcopal Church In The United States Of America (Volume Iv)

History Of The Methodist Episcopal Church In The United States Of America (Volume Iv)

Stevens, Abel

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Biographies GeneralGeneral ChristianityRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 9354488390
ISBN13: 9789354488399
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 532
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Methodism helped build the Republic, one circuit-rider mile at a time. A nation on the move. In Volume IV of Abel Stevens's complete multi-volume history, the Methodist Episcopal Church is traced through the pressures and possibilities of the 19th century United States, as revival energy met new cities, new politics, and the hard distances of the early American frontier. Stevens writes with the sweep of American church history and the precision of a church history reference, following the decisions, debates, and daily labour of clergy and lay leaders who carried John Wesley Methodism into a distinct American force. This is history of Methodism as lived experience: conference halls and camp meetings, disciplined organisation and Protestant revival movements, the aftershocks and continuities of Great Awakening history, and the shaping of a national conscience. Readers who enjoy narrative non-fiction will find an energetic, grounded account of how a denomination learned to speak to a growing country; scholars, seminarians, and church workers will value it as a seminary students reference that connects theology to practice. For casual readers and classic-literature collectors alike, Stevens remains a defining voice in American religious historiography. It is also a window on how faith communities recorded themselves, offering historians and readers a textured record of belief, institution-building, and public life in the republic's making. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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