02546nam a2200409Ia 4500 ocn163814061 OCoLC 20200709055136.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 070813s2005 ctua sb 001 0 eng d N$T N$T 9780300129854 (electronic bk.) 0300129858 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)163814061 187650 (N$T) BX8231 .H46 2005eb 287/.09/033 22 N$TA Hempton, David. Methodism [electronic resource] : empire of the spirit / David Hempton. New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005. xiii, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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. Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. Methodism History 18th century. Methodism History 19th century. Methodisme. gtt Electronic books. local NetLibrary, Inc. Original 0300106149 9780300106145 (DLC) 2004024637 (OCoLC)56798853 Bibliographic record display http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=187650 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information cpp2430 02 N$T 49098 49098