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1 online resource (xi, 543 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Oxford scholarship online.
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Oxford scholarship online. Religion module
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Contents |
The apprentice -- The young preacher -- The promise of discipline -- Southern persuasion -- One revolution -- Leads to another -- Looking forward, looking backward -- A new church in a new nation -- "Such a time-- was never seen before" -- "Alas for the rich! they are so soon offended" -- "Be not righteous over much" -- Schism -- Reconnecting -- "Weighed in the balances" -- "We were great too soon" -- "Down from a joyless height" -- "Feel for the power" -- "The garden of God" -- "Like a moving fire" -- Limits -- "I see, I feel what is wrong in preachers and people, but I cannot make it right" -- What God allows -- End of the road -- Epilogue: bending Frank |
Summary |
In this biography Asbury emerges as an effective, influential leader. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, John Wigger reveals how Asbury crafted a church to engage ordinary Americans and their world. Under him, Methodism exerted a powerful pull on American culture, but was itself transformed in the process |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Asbury, Francis, 1745-1816.
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SUBJECT |
Asbury, Francis, 1745-1816 fast |
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Asbury, Francis 1745-1816 gnd |
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Asbury, Francis. idszbz |
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Methodist Episcopal Church -- Bishops -- Biography
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Methodist Episcopal Church fast |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Methodist.
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Bishops
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Methodismus.
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Metodister -- Förenta staterna.
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USA.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780199741250 |
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0199741255 |
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9780199866410 |
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0199866414 |
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9780195387803 |
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0195387805 |
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