The Welsh Methodist Society (eBook)

The Early Societies in South-west Wales 1737-1750

Eryn M. White (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2020
352 Seiten
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-1-78683-580-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Methodism has been highly influential in Wales and in the wider world. This volume helps explain its appeal and influence by exploring the background and experiences of early members in south-west Wales, and what drew them to the movement.

Inhalt

Introduction
Chapter 1: ‘No part of the Nation more inclin’d to be Religious’?: The Religious Context
Chapter 2: ‘The Young Striplings’: Leaders and Exhorters
Chapter 3: ‘The Lord’s Peculiar Dwelling Place’: The Location of the Societies
Chapter 4: ‘The Great Shepherd’s Little Flock’: The Membership of the Societies
Chapter 5: ‘Iron Sharpens Iron’: The Appeal of the Societies
Chapter 6: ‘The World, the Flesh and the Devil’: Order and Discipline
Chapter 7: ‘This Furnace of Affliction’: Trials and Tribulations
Conclusion
Appendix: List of societies
Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.6.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: 1737 • 1750 • Early • Methodist • Societies • Society • South • Wales • Welsh • West
• ISBN-10: 1-78683-580-0 / 1786835800
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78683-580-2 / 9781786835802