02437cam a2200397 a 4500 ocn163814061 OCoLC 20110718134609.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu co cga---uuuuu 070813s2005 ctua sb 001 0 eng d 9780300129854 (electronic bk.) 0300129858 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)163814061 N$T eng N$T YDXCP OCLCQ CNNA BX8231 .H46 2005eb 287/.09/033 22 Hempton, David. Methodism [electronic resource] : empire of the spirit / David Hempton. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005. 1 online resource (xiii, 278 p.) : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-268) and index. Competition and symbiosis -- Enlightenment and enthusiasm -- The medium and the message -- Opposition and conflict -- Money and power -- Boundaries and margins -- Mapping and mission -- Consolidation and decline -- Methodism's rise and fall. Publisher description: 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. Description based on print version record. Methodism History 18th century. Methodism History 19th century. Methodisme. gtt Electronic books. local Print version: Hempton, David. Methodism. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005 0300106149 9780300106145 (DLC) 2004024637 (OCoLC)56798853 NetLibrary http://www.netlibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=187650 YBP Library Services YANK 2605799 92 CNNEG 45698 45672 0 0 lcc 0 0 CPL CPL 2010-05-13 0 BX8231 .H46 2005eb 2010-05-13 00:00:00 2010-05-13 EB