Abel Stevens Explained
| Abel Stevens |
| Birth Date: | 1815 |
| Death Date: | 1897 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Books of Methodist religious history |
| Occupation: | Methodist minister, editor, and author |
Abel Stevens (1815–1897) was an American clergyman, editor, and author known for his books on Methodist religious history.[1] He wrote History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America,[2] an early history of the church that is frequently referenced in historical works, and A Compendious History of American Methodism.[3]
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 [etc.]; New York, Lane & Tippett; [etc., 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 [1858-61]
- 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[4]
Notes and References
- Book: Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia. 1897. Stevens, Abel. 621. https://books.google.com/books?id=lB1LAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA621.
- Web site: HISTORY of the METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH in the United States of America. Stevens. Abel. nnu.edu. September 28, 2011.
- Book: Stevens, Abel. A compendious history of American Methodism. 1885. T. Woolmer.
- Review of Madame de Staël by A. Stevens and La fin du dix-huitième siècle par Elme Caro. The Quarterly Review. July 1881. 152. 1–49.
