Populist Saints: B. T. and Ellen Roberts and the First Free Methodists - Hardcover

Snyder, Howard A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802828841 ISBN 13: 9780802828842

Verlag: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 2006

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Book by Howard A Snyder

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"Populist Saints" warmly tells the story of B. T. and Ellen Roberts' lives, recounting their critique of powerful elites and illuminating the "crisis of Methodism" that gave rise to the Free Methodist Church. Benjamin Titus Roberts (1823-1893), best known for founding the Free Methodist Church, was also an outspoken voice for such reform causes as the abolition of slavery, women in ministry, and farmers' rights - so much so that he played a role in the rise of the Populist Movement. Ellen Stowe Roberts (1825-1908), scion of a prominent Methodist family, shared her husband's passion for holiness, for speaking good news to the poor, and for urban ministry. Howard Snyder's detailed biography views key nineteenth-century currents and events through the lives of these two extraordinary figures, who taught a "holy populism" of simplicity, justice for the common people, and radical discipleship.

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Howard A Snyder is Professor of History and Theology of Mission at the E Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism, Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky, USA. A leading voice for church renewal he has published numerous books about the church.

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• Verlag: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0802828841
• ISBN 13: 9780802828842
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 975