A History of Methodists in the United States
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Intent on living a life of true holiness, John and Charles Wesley formed the “Holy Club” at Oxford—and found themselves derided by their fellow classmates. Laughing at the strict rules and methods they applied to the Christian life, other students called them Methodists. The Wesleys reappropriated the term, and soon launched a revival movement that would spawn denominations across the world. Thanks largely to the itinerant preaching ministry of fellow Holy Club member George Whitefield and his benefactress the Countess of Huntingdon, Methodism swept across colonial America. J. M. Buckley traces the Methodist heritage, from John Wesley’s ancestry and childhood, through the theological controversies that solidified Methodism into an influential Arminian denomination, to their prolific missionary efforts in the late-nineteenth century.
- Title: A History of Methodists in the United States
- Author: J. M. Buckley
- Edition: Second Edition
- Series: The American Church History Series
- Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
- Print Publication Date: 1899
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 714
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Methodism › History
- Resource ID: LLS:HSTMTHDSTSNSTTS
- Resource Type: text.monograph.church-history
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-12-20T22:12:19Z