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Book SynopsisIn American Saint, John Wigger has written the definitive biography of Francis Asbury and, by extension, a revealing interpretation of the early years of the Methodist movement in America.
Trade Review[a] masterful, nuanced portrait * Charles Wallace, Journal of American Studies *
Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; Chapter 1. The Apprentice ; Chapter 2. The Young Preacher ; Chapter 3. The Promise of Discipline ; Chapter 4. Southern Persuasion ; Chapter 5. One Revolution ; Chapter 6. Leads to Another ; Chapter 7. Looking Forward, Looking Backward ; Chapter 8. A New Church in a New Nation ; Chapter 9. "Such a time...was never seen before" ; Chaper 10. "Alas for the rich! they are so soon offended" ; Chapter 11. "Be not righteous over much" ; Chapter 12. Schism ; Chapter 13. Reconnecting ; Chapter 14. "Weighed in the balances" ; Chapter 15. "We were great too soon" ; Chapter 16. "Down from a Joyless height" ; Chapter 17. "Feel for the power" ; Chapter 18. "The garden of God" ; Chapter 19. "Like a moving fire" ; Chapter 20. Limits ; Chapter 21. "I see, I feel what is wrong in preachers and people, but I cannot make it right," ; Chapter 22. What God Allows ; Chapter 23. End of the Road ; Epilogue: Bending Frank ; Abbreviations ; Notes ; Index
