Religion of the People

Methodism and Popular Religion 1750-1900
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-415-07714-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 562 g

Taking account of broader patterns of growth, the focus of this book is Methodism in the British Isles. Hempton discusses why Methodism, the most important religious movement in the English-speaking world in the 18th and 19th centuries, grew when and where it did and what was the nature of the Methodist experience for those who embraced it.
He also explores the themes of law, politics and gender which lie at the heart of Methodist influence on individuals, communities and social structures.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hempton, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Methodistische Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Part I 1. 'Motives, Methods and Margins': A Comparative Study of Methodist Growth in the North Atlantic World, 1770-1850 2. Methodism in Irish Society, 1770-1830 3. Popular Religion in Modern Britain. Part II: People: Power and Piety

Über Autor(innen)

David Hempton is Professor of Modern History in the Queen's University of Belfast. He is the author of Methodism and Politics in British Society 1750-1850 (London, 1984), co-author of Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster Society 1740-1890 and contributor of a number of articles on the religious history of Britain and Ireland in the modern period. He is a fellow of the Royal Historial Society.