American saint : Francis Asbury and the methodists /
Asbury single-handedly guided the creation of the American Methodist church, which became the largest Protestant denomination in nineteenth-century America, and laid the foundation of the Holiness and Pentecostal movements that flourish today. John Wigger has written the definitive biography of Asbu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Summary: | Asbury single-handedly guided the creation of the American Methodist church, which became the largest Protestant denomination in nineteenth-century America, and laid the foundation of the Holiness and Pentecostal movements that flourish today. John Wigger has written the definitive biography of Asbury and, by extension, a revealing interpretation of the early years of the Methodist movement in America. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 543 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-525) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195387803 0195387805 |