Pursuing Social Holiness: The Band Meeting in Wesley's Thought and Popular Methodist Practice

By Kevin M Watson

Book Overview

Kevin M. Watson offers the first in-depth examination of an essential early Methodist tradition: the band meeting, a small group of five to seven people who focused on the confession of sin in order to grow in holiness. Watson shows how the band meeting, which figured significantly in John Wesley's theology of discipleship, united Wesley's emphasis on the importance of holiness with his conviction that Christians are most likely to make progress in the Christian life together, rather than in isolation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190270950
• ISBN13: 9780190270957
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"