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Methodism : Empire of the Spirit by David Hempton [Hempton, David] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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.

Who reads Methodism : Empire of the Spirit?

Author

David Hempton [Hempton, David]

Publisher

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW HAVEN AND LONDON

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300129854

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, History, Philosophy