American Saint: Francis Asbury and the Methodists

by John Wigger and John H. Wigger

Book Overview

English-born Francis Asbury was one of the most important religious leaders in American history. Asbury single-handedly guided the creation of the American Methodist church, which became the largest Protestant denomination in nineteenth-century America, and laid the foundation of the Holiness and Pentecostal movements that flourish today. In American Saint, John Wigger has written the definitive biography of Asbury and, by extension, a revealing interpretation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199948240
• ISBN13: 9780199948246
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"