Abel Stevens (1815–1897) was an American clergyman, editor, and author known for his books on
Methodist
Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
religious history. He wrote ''History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America'', an early history of the church that is frequently referenced in historical works, and ''A Compendious History of American Methodism''.
Selected publications
''Memorials of the introduction of Methodism into the eastern states: comprising biographical notices of its early preachers, sketches of its first churches, and reminiscences of its early struggles and successes'' Boston, C. H. Pierce
tc. New York, Lane & Tippett;
tc., etc.1848
''Sketches & incidents'' New York, Lane & Scott, 1848 (edited by George Peck; also attributed to Abel Stevens)
''Remarkable examples of moral recovery showing the power of religion in extreme cases ...''New York, Carlton & Phillips, 1854
''History of the religious movement of the eighteenth century, called Methodism, considered in its different denominational forms, and its relations to British and American Protestantism'' New York, Carlton & Porter; London, A. Heylin
858-61br>
''Life and times of Nathan Bangs, D. D.''New York, Carlton & Porter 1863
''Women of Methodism; its three foundresses, Susanna Wesley, the Countess of Huntingdon, and Barbara Heck; with sketches of their female associates and successors in the early history of the denomination'' New York, Carlton & Porter, 1866
''Madame de Staël, a study of her life and times : the first revolution and the first empire'' New York : Harper & Brothers, 1880
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1815 births
1897 deaths
19th-century Methodist ministers
American Christian writers
Arminian ministers
Arminian writers
Methodist ministers