The Methodist Experience in America, Vol. 1

The Methodist Experience in America, Vol. 1

Beginning in 1760, this comprehensive history charts the growth and development of the Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren church family up and through the year 2000. Extraordinarily well-documented study with elaborate notes that will guide the reader to recent and standard literature on the numerous topics, figures, developments, and events covered.  The volume is a companion to and designed to be used with THE METHODIST EXPERIENCE IN AMERICA: A SOURCEBOOK, for which it provides background, context and interpretation.   <br /> <br /> Contents include:<br /> Launching the Methodist Movements 1760-1768<br /> Structuring the Immigrant Initiatives 1769-1778<br /> Making Church 1777-1784<br /> Constituting Methodism 1784-1792<br /> Spreaking Scriptural Holiness 1792-1816<br /> Snapshot I- Methodism in 1816: Baltimore 1816<br /> Building for Ministry and Nuture 1816-1850s<br /> Dividing by Mission, Ethnicity, Gender, and Vision 1816-1850s<br /> Dividing over Slavery, Region, Authority, and Race 1830-1860s<br /> Embracing the War Cause(s) 1860-1865<br /> Reconstructing Methodism(s) 1866-1884<br /> Snapshot II- Methodism in 1884: Wilker-Barre, PA 1884<br /> Reshaping the Church for Mission 1884-1939<br /> Taking on the World 1884-1939<br /> Warring for World Order and Against Worldliness Within 1930-1968<br /> Snapshot III- Methodism in 1968: Denver 1968<br /> Merging and Reappraising 1968-1984Holding Fast/Pressing On 1984-2000