Research Catalog

Title

American Methodism : a compact history / Russell E. Richey, Kenneth E. Rowe, Jean Miller Schmidt.

Author

Richey, Russell E.

Publication

Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Rowe, Kenneth E.
• Schmidt, Jean Miller.

Description

ix, 276 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"In this engaging and artful overview, Russell Richey, Kenneth Rowe, and Jean Miller Schmidt, some of Methodism{u2019}s most respected teachers, give readers a vivid picture of soulful terrain of the Methodist experience in America. The authors highlight key themes and events that continue to shape the Church. Knowing their history, Methodists are better positioned, prepared, and inspired for faithful witness and holy living." -- Publisher's description.

Subjects

• History
• United Methodist Church (U.S.) History
• Methodist Church > United States > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Spontaneous beginnings : 1760-68 -- Revolutionary Methodism : 1769-84 -- Reforming the continent and spreading scriptural holiness : 1792-1816 -- Print, nurture, missions : 1816-50s -- Connectional strains and contests : 1816-50s -- Methodism and slavery : 1830-60s -- A Methodist civil war : 1860-65 -- Reconstructions : 1866-84 -- Rethinking mission(s) : 1884-1939 -- Methodism conflicted : 1884-1939 -- Unifications and World Wars : 1939-68 -- The United Methodist Church : 1968-84 -- From bicentennial to century's end : 1984-2000.

ISBN

• 9781426742279 (book - pbk. / trade pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1426742274 (book - pbk. / trade pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9781472674227 (book - pbk. / trade pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1472674227 (book - pbk. / trade pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012026991

OCLC

• 806291261
• SCSB-12484935

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library