The Methodists
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While this work takes proper notice of its origins in John Wesley's 18th-century movement in England, it is primarily concerned with the church's origins and history within the United States. Offering an account of the construction and reconstruction of the Methodist church, the authors examine the various institutional practices of the church, its organization, leadership and form of training and incorporating new members. Through their treatment of Methodism as defined by conferences bound together by a commitment to episcopal leadership and animated by various forms of lay piety, the authors help the reader understand the internal history of the denomination and its development in the United States. This student edition, ideal for classes in American Religion, Denominational History, Protestantism, and American social and cultural history, includes a chronology of significant events in the history of the church in the U.S., and concludes with a bibliographic essay intended as a guide for further reading in the history of Methodism.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Bishops
America Episcopacy
Constitutional Methodism
Two Patterns of Episcopacy
Conference
The Methodist Conference
General Conference: A Continental Order
Conference Politicized
Fratricide
Formalization
Pluralism
Members
Making Moral Christians and Loyal Methodists
Class Meeting and Sunday School, 1816-1866
Sunday School for All, 1866-1915
From Class Meeting to Probationer's Class, 1866-1915
The Sunday School Renaissance, 1915-1935
Making Methodist Disciples, 1939-1968
Abbreviations Used in This Volume
A Chronology of American Methodism
Bibliographical Essay
Index
Product details
| Published | 17 Sep 1998 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 296 |
| ISBN | 9780275964399 |
| Imprint | Greenwood |
| Dimensions | 229 x 152 mm |
| Series | Denominations in America |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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