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Methodism [[electronic resource] ] : empire of the spirit / / David Hempton



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Autore: Hempton David Visualizza persona
Titolo: Methodism [[electronic resource] ] : empire of the spirit / / David Hempton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
Disciplina: 287/.09/033
Soggetto topico: Methodism - History - 18th century
Methodism - History - 19th century
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-268) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Competition and Symbiosis -- Two. Enlightenment and Enthusiasm -- Three. The Medium and the Message -- Four. Opposition and Conflict -- Five. Money and Power -- Six. Boundaries and Margins -- Seven. Mapping and Mission -- Eight. Consolidation and Decline -- Nine. Methodism's Rise and Fall -- Appendix: Methodist Membership and Rates of Change, United States and United Kingdom -- Chronology -- Notes -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The emergence of Methodism was arguably the most significant transformation of Protestant Christianity since the Reformation. This book explores the rise of Methodism from its unpromising origins as a religious society within the Church of England in the 1730's to a major international religious movement by the 1880's. During that period Methodism refashioned the old denominational order in the British Isles, became the largest religious denomination in the United States, and gave rise to the most dynamic world missionary movement of the nineteenth century. By the end of the nineteenth century, Methodism had circled the globe and was poised to become one of the fastest-growing religious traditions in the modern world. David Hempton, a preeminent authority on the history of Methodism, digs beneath the hard surface of institutional expansion to get to the heart of the movement as a dynamic and living faith tradition. Methodism was a movement of discipline and sobriety, but also of ecstasy and enthusiasm. A noisy, restless, and emotional tradition, Methodism fundamentally reshaped British and American culture in the age of industrialization, democratization, and the rise of empire.
Titolo autorizzato: Methodism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-72250-2
9786611722500
0-300-12985-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777785503321
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