Methodism: Empire of the Spirit

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Yale University Press, 1 בינו׳ 2005 - 278 עמודים

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 1730s to a major international religious movement by the 1880s. 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.

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Methods and Methodism
1
One Competition and Symbiosis
11
Two Enlightenment and Enthusiasm
32
Three The Medium and the Message
55
Four Opposition and Conflict
86
Five Money and Power
109
Six Boundaries and Margins
131
Seven Mapping and Mission
151
Eight Consolidation and Decline
178
Nine Methodisms Rise and Fall
202
Methodist Membership and Rates of Change United States and United Kingdom
211
Chronology
217
Notes
227
Suggestions for Further Reading
259
Index
269
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David Hempton is University Professor at Boston University, where he directs the university’s program in the History of Christianity. His previous books include Methodism and Politics in British Society, 1750–1850, which won the Whitfield Prize of the Royal Historical Society; Religion and Political Culture in Britain and Ireland; and The Religion of the People: Methodism and Popular Religion, c.1750–1900.

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