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Methodism in the American forest / Russell E. Richey.
LIBRA BX8235 .R527 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richey, Russell E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Methodist Church--United States--History.
- Methodist Church.
- Camp meetings.
- History.
- Methodist preaching.
- United States.
- Methodist preaching--United States--History.
- Camp meetings--United States--History.
- Forests and forestry--Religious aspects--Methodist Church.
- Forests and forestry.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 230 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Methodism and the American woodland
- Wilderness, shady grove, and garden
- Cathedraling the woods
- A church spread into the wilderness
- Gardening the wilderness or machines in the garden or tending the garden
- Two cities in the woods, Methodism's gardening options : a concluding note
- Appendix: John Wesley preaching under trees and in groves.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-225) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199359622
- 0199359628
- OCLC:
- 892895243
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