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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 th...

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Main Author: Wigger, John H., 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module.
Subjects:
Asbury, Francis, > 1745-1816.
Methodist Episcopal Church > Bishops > Biography.
Asbury, Francis, > 1745-1816
Methodist Episcopal Church
Asbury, Francis > 1745-1816
Asbury, Francis.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
RELIGION > Christianity > Methodist.
Bishops
Methodismus.
USA.
Metodister > Förenta staterna.
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 543 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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