Welsh Methodist Society (eBook)

The Early Societies in South-west Wales 1737-1750

Eryn M. White (Autor)

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

Infos

The evangelical or Methodist revival had a major impact on Welsh religion, society and culture, leading to the unprecedented growth of Nonconformity by the nineteenth century, which established a very clear difference between Wales and England in religious terms. Since the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist movement did not split from the Church to form a separate denomination until 1811, it existed in its early years solely as a collection of local society meetings. By focusing on the early societies in south-west Wales, this study examines the grass roots of the eighteenth-century Methodist movement, identifying the features that led to its subsequent remarkable success. At the heart of the book lie the experiences of the men and women who were members of the societies, along with their social and economic background and the factors that attracted them to the Methodist cause.

Autor

This book will be of interested to academics as well as those interested in Welsh and religious history. It will be useful to undergraduates studying the history of Wales, history of religion and history of eighteenth-century Britain, as well as a broader readership interested in history of religion and Methodism more particularly.

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