Respectable Methodism: Nathan Bangs and Respectability in Nineteenth-Century American Methodism

by Daniel F Flores

The Wesleyan-Methodist movement entered American history as a fragment of British Methodism. It quickly took on a new identity in the early republic and grew into a vibrant denomination in the nineteenth century. The transitions from the rugged pioneer religion modeled by Bishop Francis Asbury to the urbane religion of industrial America was by design the goal of influential leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Nathan Bangs was perhaps one of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 166671397X
• ISBN13: 9781666713978
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"