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The Methodist Conference in America - A History

English · Paperback / Softback

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In the Methodist lexicon, 'conference' refers to a body of preachers (and later, of laity as well) that exercises legislative, judicial and (to some extent) executive functions for the church or some portion thereof. But 'conference, ' Richey argues here, defined the Methodist movement in more than political ways: On conference hinged religious time, religious space, religious belonging, religious structure, even religiosity itself. Methodist histories uniformly recognize, typically even feature, conference's centrality, but describe that in primarily constitutional and political terms. The purpose of this volume is to present conference as a distinctively American Methodist manner of being the church, a multifaceted mode of spirituality, unity, mission, governance, and fraternity that American Methodists have lived and operated better than they have interpreted.

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Russell E. Richey, Dean Emeritus of Candler School of Theology and William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Church History Emeritus, is author or editor of twenty books, including Denominationalism (1977, 2010) and Reimagining Denominationalism (1994, 2010).

Product details

Authors Russell E. Richey
Publisher Kingswood Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.08.1996
 
EAN 9780687021871
ISBN 978-0-687-02187-1
No. of pages 308
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
Weight 503 g
Series Kingswood Series
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity
Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

Christentum, RELIGION / Christianity / History

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