The Methodists and Revolutionary America is the first in-depth narrative of the origins of American Methodism, one of the most significant popular movements in
Hempton explores the rise of Methodism from its unpromising origins as a religious society within the Church of England in the 1730s to a major international re
A comprehensive introduction to various forms of American Methodism, exploring the beliefs and practices around which the lives of these churches have revolved.
Secular historians tend to neglect the religious aspects of American history. This book examines the great revivals which swept America during the nineteenth ce