Perspectives on American Methodism - Interpretive Essays

These 32 essays (over 500 print pages) accent United Methodism in the United States and the traditions contributory to it. They provide new perspectives and fresh readings on important Methodist topics, including how Methodism appealed to the common folk and how it configured itself as a folk movement. Similar findings derive from the number of essays that explore gender and family. Here also are new readings on spirituality, worship, the diaconate, stewardship, organization, ecumenism, reform, and ordination (male/female; black/white). Less conventional subjects include the relation of Methodism to the American party system and Methodist accumulation of wealth and the wealthy.

About the author

(2011) Russell E. Richey is Dean Emeritus of Candler School of Theology and the William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Church History Emeritus in Atlanta, Georgia.

Product details

• Assisted by: Russell E. Richey (Editor), Kenneth E. Rowe (Editor), Jean Miller Schmidt (Editor)
• Publisher: Kingswood Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.01.1993
• EAN: 9780687307821
• ISBN: 978-0-687-30782-1
• No. of pages: 600
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 961 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions