{"product_id":"the-sacred-flame-of-love-methodism-and-society-in-nineteenth-century-georgia-9780820319636","title":"The Sacred Flame of Love: Methodism and Society in Nineteenth-Century Georgia","description":"\u003cp\u003eAttempting to restore subtlety and nuance to the study of southern religion, \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Flame of Love\u003c\/i\u003e ranges across the entire nineteenth century to chronicle the evolution of the institutions, theology, and social attitudes of Georgia Methodists in light of such phenomena, trends, and events as slavery, class prejudice, republicanism, population growth, economic development, sectional politics, war, emancipation, and urban growth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn connecting Methodist history with the larger social transformation of nineteenth-century Georgia, Christopher H. Owen uncovers a story of considerable complexity and variety. Because Georgia Methodists included people from every social class, few generalizations apply properly to all of them. For many years they were loosely united by common adherence to the ideals of Wesleyan evangelicalism, but economic and political developments would gradually accentuate Methodist social divisions and weaken even this bond. Indeed, deviating far from the conception of unchanging and asocial southern religion often held by scholars, Owen sees both church and society undergoing enormous change in the nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher H. Owen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.58h x 6.48w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820319636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher H. Owen is a professor of history at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40195944185971,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":55.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a6edfa4d-01fb-4819-94b5-10a5978ec8b3.jpg?v=1655992545","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-sacred-flame-of-love-methodism-and-society-in-nineteenth-century-georgia-9780820319636","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}