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Title: Taking Heaven by Storm: Methodism and the Rise of Popular Christianity in America by John H. Wigger ISBN: 0-252-06994-3 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Magnificent Storm
Comment: There are books of high quality, and then their are magnificent books. This work by John Wigger is something with which to be especially pleased.
The author, building on some of the themes found in Nathan Hatch's Democratization of American Religion, gives us a glimpse of the early Methodists in America, fleshing out how they were both archetypal representatives of the growth and change in the early decades of the republic and showing us many of the ways in which the Methodists shaped the very identity of Americans. Wigger, and his forerunner, Hatch, draw a strong connection between popular religion of the early 19th Century (of which Methodism was one of the chief representatives) and the development of capitalism and a popular civic sense. Essentially, Wigger's work is a further exploration of Hatch's argument, deepening it to gain understanding of one of the great religious movements of the period.
The book reads very well and does not suffer from the slogging pace so common to many academic works. It deals with a number of themes and introduces the reader to a sampling of some of the interesting features of the history of the early Methodists including a look at the itinerants, how the movement was both attractive to and empowering of women and African Americans, etc.
My only real criticism of the book is a regional bias in its sources of evidence. But this is true of almost any historical work, due to the realities of access to source material for a given researcher. If the reader realizes that there can be other perspectives drawn from different materials, this limitation need not be a problem.
This is a superb work and is useful both to those interested in Methodism and those interested in the broader topic of early American history.
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Title: Wesley and the People Called Methodists by Richard P. Heitzenrater ISBN: 0687443113 Publisher: Abingdon Press Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Come Shouting to Zion: African American Protestantism in the American South and British Caribbean to 1830 by Sylvia R. Frey, Betty Wood ISBN: 0807846813 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition by Jan Shipps ISBN: 0252014170 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: February, 1987 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Holy Fairs: Scotland and the Making of American Revivalism by Leigh Eric Schmidt ISBN: 0802849660 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: Methodism and the Shaping of American Culture by John H. Wigger, Nathan O. Hatch ISBN: 0687048540 Publisher: Kingswood Books Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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