One Family Under God - Love, Belonging, and Authority in Early Transatlantic Methodism

Informationen zum Autor Anna M. Lawrence Klappentext Anna M. Lawrence combines family, gender, and religious history to chronicle the rise of Methodism in England and America during the Revolutionary period. Focusing on the transatlantic Methodist notion of family, this book speaks to historical debates over what family means and how the nuclear family model developed over the eighteenth century. Zusammenfassung Anna M. Lawrence combines family, gender, and religious history to chronicle the rise of Methodism in England and America during the Revolutionary period. Focusing on the transatlantic Methodist notion of family, this book speaks to historical debates over what family means and how the nuclear family model developed over the eighteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Transatlantic Methodist Family Chapter 1. Transatlantic Methodism: Roots and Revivals Chapter 2. Loosening the Bonds of Family and Society Chapter 3. The Best of Bonds: Joining the Methodist Family Chapter 4. Religious Ecstasy and Methodist Sexuality Chapter 5. Celibacy in the Methodist Family: The Case Against Marriage Chapter 6. "The Whole World Is Composed of Families" Chapter 7. One Family, Two Nations Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Index Acknowledgments

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Anna M Lawrence, Anna M. Lawrence
• Edition: University of pennsylvania pr
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9780812243307
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-4330-7
• Pages: 296
• Thèmes: Early American Studies; Early American Studies
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme