Old or new school Methodism? : the fragmentation of a theological tradition / Kevin M. Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, Kevin M., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Methodist Church--United States--History--19th century.

Methodist Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This text argues that an initial moment of fragmentation occurred in American Methodism in the 1850s and 1860s.

Contents:

Holiness: an essential in early American Methodist doctrine and discipline

Becoming Bishop Simpson: the early life and ministry of Matthew Simpson

An unwilling founder: the early life and ministry of Benjamin Titus Roberts

Contesting Methodism: Simpson and Roberts on the beginnings of free Methodism

Embodying Methodist theology: diverging conceptions of holy living in American Methodist theology.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-084453-1

0-19-084454-X

0-19-084452-3