Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline
A History of the Wesleyan Tradition in the United States
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Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline
A History of the Wesleyan Tradition in the United States
About This Book
The definitive history of the Wesleyan movement in the United States.
An expansive, substantive history of the Wesleyan tradition in the United States, Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline offers a broad survey of the Methodist movement as it developed and spread throughout America, from the colonial era to the present day.
It also provides an theological appraisal of these developments in light of John Wesley's foundational vision. Beginning with Wesley himself, Watson describes the distinctiveness of the tradition at the outset. Then, as history unfolds, he identifies the common set of beliefs and practices which have unified a diverse group of people across the centuries, providing them a common identity through a number of divisions and mergers.
In the midst of the sweeping changes happening in Methodism and the pan-Wesleyan movement today, Watson shows that the heart of the Wesleyan theological tradition is both more expansive and substantive than any singular denominational identity.
"A fresh, panoramic overview of the history of the Methodist movement... Promises to be a standard textbook on the history of Methodism for years to come." —TIMOTHY C. TENNENT, Asbury Theological Seminary
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- 1. A New Movement
- 2. The Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline With Which They First Set Out
- 3. The Creation of a Methodist Church (1760–89)
- 4. Initial Divisions: Race, Slavery, and the Episcopacy (1788–1820)
- 5. Scriptural Holiness Spreads: Growth and Expansion (1820–36)
- 6. The Wesleyan Methodist Connexion and Division of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1836–60)
- 7. Holiness Contested: Dress, Churches, and Entire Sanctification (1857–80)
- 8. From the Continent to the Globe: Domestic and Foreign Missions
- 9. Theological Formation and the Rise of the Church of the Nazarene and the Salvation Army (1880–1920s)
- 10. (Dis)Unity: The Formation of the Methodist Church (1910–39)
- 11. An Experiment In Theological Pluralism: The Formation of the United Methodist Church (1940–88)
- 12. A Tradition In Search of Its Identity (1988–2022)
- Acknowledgments
- Index