Methodist Churches
Financing of John Wesley's Methodism c.1740-1800
By Clive Murray Norris
It considers the Wesleyan brothers' John 1703-1791 and Charles Wesley 1707-1788 Methodist movement. The volume describes the struggle between what Methodists saw as the promptings of Holy Spirit and their daily confrontation with reality, not least the financial constraints which they faced.
The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811
By Boyd Stanley Schlenther
The Elect Methodists is the first full-length academic study of Calvinistic Methodism, a movement that emerged in the eighteenth century as an alternative to the better known Wesleyan grouping. While the branch of Methodism led by John Wesley has received significant historical attention, Calvinistic Methodism, especially in England, has not....
Blake and the Methodists
By Michael Farrell
Exploring the work of William Blake within the context of Methodism - the largest 'dissenting' religious group during his lifetime - this book contributes to ongoing critical debates surrounding Blake's religious affinities by suggesting that, contrary to previous thinking, Blake held sympathies with certain aspects of Methodism.
Formation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Nineteenth Century: Rhetoric of Identification
By A. Nevell Owens
This book explores the parameters of the African Methodist Episcopal Church's dual existence as evangelical Christians and as children of Ham, and how the denomination relied on both the rhetoric of evangelicalism and heathenism.
After Evangelicalism: The Sixties and the United Church of Canada
By Kevin N. Flatt
A fascinating account of how Canada's largest Protestant church reinvented itself during the tumultuous 1960s.
After Evangelicalism: The Sixties and the United Church of Canada
By Kevin N. Flatt
A fascinating account of how Canada's largest Protestant church reinvented itself during the tumultuous 1960s.
Men of One Book: A Comparison of Two Methodist Preachers, John Wesley and George Whitefield
By Ian J. Maddock
In a wonderful comparative approach the author draws John Wesley and George Whitefield's portraits and explores their life and practice, as well as their relationship.