Early American Methodism

by Russell E. Richey

Book Overview

Offering a revisionist reading of American Methodism, this book goes beyond the limits of institutional history by suggesting a new and different approach to the examination of denominations. Russell E. Richey identifies within Methodism four distinct "languages" and explores the self-understanding that each language offers the early Methodists. One of these, a pietistic or evangelical vernacular, commonly employed in sermons, letters, and journals,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253350069
• ISBN13: 9780253350060
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher