RT Book T1 Religion and violence in early American Methodism: taking the kingdom by force T2 Religion in North America A1 Williams, Jeffrey 1973- LA English PP Bloomington, Ind. u.a. PB Indiana University Press YR 2010 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/608162523 AB 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 NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BX8231 SN 9780253354440 K1 Methodist Church : History : 18th century K1 Methodist Church : History : 19th century K1 Violence : Religious aspects : Christianity K1 Language and languages : Religious aspects : Christianity