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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. In Taking Heaven by Storm, John H. Wigger
seeks to explain this remarkable expansion, offering a provocative
reassessment of the role of popular religion in American life.
Early Methodism was neither bland nor predictable; rather, it was
a volatile and innovative movement, both driven and constrained by
the hopes and fears of the ordinary Americans who constituted its
core. Methodism's style, tone, and agenda worked their way deep
into the fabric of American life, Wigger argues, influencing all
other mass religious movements that would follow, as well as many
facets of American life not directly connected to the church.
Wigger examines American Methodism from a variety of angles,
focusing in turn on the circuit riders who relentlessly pushed the
Methodist movement forward, the critical role of women and African
Americans within the movement, the enthusiastic nature of Methodist
worship, and the unique community structure of early American
Methodism. Under Methodism's influence, American evangelism became
far more enthusiastic, egalitarian, entrepreneurial, and lay
oriented--characteristics that continue to shape and define popular
religion today.
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