Taking heaven by storm : Methodism and the rise of popular Christianity in America

Author(s)

• Wigger, John H.

Bibliographic Information

Taking heaven by storm : Methodism and the rise of popular Christianity in America

John H. Wigger

（Religion in America series）

Oxford University Press, 1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Following the Revolutionary War, American Methodism grew at an astonishing rate, rising from fewer than 1000 members in 1770 to over 250,000 by 1820. John H. Wigger seeks to explain the puzzle of this remarkable growth, offering a provocative reassessment of the role of popular religion in American life. Wigger argues that in the post-Revolutionary years Methodism's style, tone, and agenda worked their way deep into the fabric of American life, influencing all other mass religious movements that would follow, and many facets of American life not directly connected to the church as well.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA35836900
• ISBN:
  • 0195104528
• LCCN: 97009359
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 269 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BX8236
  • DC21 : 287/.0973/09033
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Methodist Church -- United States -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : United States -- Church history -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Methodism -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Methodist Church -- United States -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : United States -- Church history -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Methodism -- History -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA1156263X