Luther Lee; D.D. (1800-1889); one of the founders of Wesleyan Methodism; was a nineteenth-century reformer and an ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Lee is known to most Methodist historians as a Methodist Episcopal minister who deserted the church that had brought him to spiritual birth and ordination. Wesleyan Methodist church historians know him as the first president of their denomination; an editor of their periodical; and unfortunately; a traitor who betrayed and then subsequently walked away from the church he had helped to establish. His significance to American history has not heretofore been observed. This volume explores Lee's life; his politics; and his theology. One of the author's particular foci is the extent to which Lee affected the antislavery movement. Paul L. Kaufman places Lee within the broad context of nineteenth-century reformism as he battled the "gag rule" of the Methodist Episcopal bishops; and then shaped the Wesleyan Methodist Connection while he served on the highest levels of Garrison's American AntiSlavery Society. Of interest to students and teachers of Methodism; American history; and the abolitionist movement.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Just because a book isnt what you wanted it to be does not make it a bad book. The essays about the destruction of the ...By Lee WhiteJust felt I needed to address the previous comment here. This book is not intended to be an overview or narrative of the Tennessee Campaign it is a book of essays that cover various topics connected to the campaign. How could the previously unpublished portion of General Patrick Cleburne's diary not be "new ground"? Just because a book isnt what you wanted it to be does not make it a bad book. The essays about the destruction of the Army of Tennessee's Officer Corps is excellent and the "Killing" at Franklin are very enlightening. I highly recommend this book to those who have a working knowledge of the campaign and wish to learn more about the 1864 Tennessee Campaign.4 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A Great Collection of Essays on Hood's Tennessee CampaignBy b1776cr7This is a great collection of interesting and insightful essays on Hood's Tennessee Campaign of 1864. For those reviewers who were complaining that this is not a narrative or battle study; there is a great book already out there that fills that role; a book called For Cause For Country by Eric Jacobson. That is not the purpose of this collection. This book is supposed to provide a variety of perspectives on aspects of the campaign; as do the other books in the Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland series. And it does this very; very well.11 of 25 people found the following review helpful. which are better at explaining some detailsBy John M O'ReillyThis book does NOT open any new ground in respect to the Nashville campaign. There are some maps; which are better at explaining some details; but there is nothing here but a collection of historical theses; several of which have nothing at all to do with the supposed subject.The only part of the history of this campaign before Franklin is the isolated battle of Allatoona. There was only passing mention of Columbia and some details of the Franklin massacre of Confederate generals. There was very little setting of the scene of events leading to Nashville; nothing about Bedford Forrest's activities except at Spring Hill; nothing of Schofield's activities at Franklin; and nothing about the retreat after Hood's defeat. If this Army of Tennessee had NOT been defeated; Grant's timetable for Lee's defeat would have been extended; because he would probably have had to sent troops to Kentucky to contain Hood.I'm not really very impressed with this bookJohn M O'Reilly
