Historical Dictionary of Methodism

Methodism, originally founded in the eighteenth century, has grown into a large and influential Protestant denomination. As of 2016, it claimed around 50 million adherents in 80 churches in more than 150 countries. Its history illuminates our understanding of modern culture, ethics, literature, politics, Christian mission, women's studies, and many related topics.

Historical Dictionary of Methodism, Fourth Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 700 cross-referenced entries on important institutions, events, doctrines, and people who have contributed to the movement and to broader society in the three centuries since it was founded. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Methodism as a global movement.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Jennifer Woodruff Tait is the author of Christian History in Seven Sentences and The Poisoned Chalice: Eucharistic Grape Juice and Common-Sense Realism in Victorian Methodism, co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to American Protestantism, and senior editor at Christian History magazine. Christopher J. Anderson is archives and special collections librarian at Allegheny College. He is the author of The Centenary Celebration of American Methodist Missions: The 1919 World’s Fair of Evangelical Americanism and Voices from the Fair: Race, Gender, and the American Nation at a Methodist Missionary Exposition.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher J Anderson, Christopher J. Anderson, Jennifer Woodruff Tait, Jennifer Woodruff Anderson Tait
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2024
• EAN: 9781538159200
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5920-0
• No. of pages: 600
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / Methodist, RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Dictionaries & Encyclopedias, History of Religion, Dictionaries, Methodist Churches