History of the Revisions of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church (Classic Reprint)

History of the Revisions of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church (Classic Reprint)
Author: David Sherman
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2017-12-16
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780332941974
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Excerpt from History of the Revisions of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church The volume affords a mass of materials for a history of the Discipline, rather than the history itself. The language of the statutes, with various explanatory clauses, is given in full; but the parts are so separated that the sense is often obscured. The extracts have to be-reconstructed men tally, or, in case of extended passages, on paper, before the reader is able to perceive the real nature of the change. In other words, the reader, after being furnished with the data, is required to construct the history himself, often at no small inconvenience, especially when in haste. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

History of the Revisions of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church

History of the Revisions of the Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Author: David Sherman
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
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ISBN: 9781021165275
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This book provides a comprehensive history of the revisions of the discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. David Sherman delves into the important decisions and changes regarding the church's governance, doctrine, and social issues from its early days to contemporary times. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Overflowing of Friendship

The Overflowing of Friendship
Author: Richard Godbeer
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2009-01-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0801891205
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When eighteenth-century American men described "with a swelling of the heart" their friendships with other men, addressing them as "lovely boy" and "dearly beloved," celebrating the "ardent affection" that knit their hearts in "indissoluble bonds of fraternal love," their families, neighbors, and acquaintances would have been neither surprised nor disturbed. Richard Godbeer's groundbreaking new book examines loving and sentimental friendships among men in the colonial and revolutionary periods. Inspired in part by the eighteenth-century culture of sensibility and in part by religious models, these relationships were not only important to the personal happiness of those involved but also had broader social, religious, and political significance. Godbeer shows that in the aftermath of Independence, patriots drafted a central place for male friendship in their social and political blueprint for the new republic. American revolutionaries stressed the importance of the family in the era of self-government, reimagining it in ways appropriate to a new and democratized era. They thus shifted attention away from patriarchal authority to a more egalitarian model of brotherly collaboration. In striving to explore the inner emotional lives of early Americans, Godbeer succeeds in presenting an entirely fresh perspective on the personal relationships and political structures of the period. Scholars have long recognized the importance of same-sex friendships among women, but this is the first book to examine the broad significance ascribed to loving friendships among men during this formative period of American history. Using an array of personal and public writings, The Overflowing of Friendship will transform our understanding of early American manhood as well as challenge us to reconsider the ways we think about gender in this period.

Timetables of History for Students of Methodism

Timetables of History for Students of Methodism
Author: Rex D. Matthews
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2007-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426764596
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Winner of the 2007 Saddlebag Selection Award from the Historical Society of The United Methodist Church as “the best book published during the year on the history, biography, polity or theology of United Methodism or its predecessors.” Understanding history rests largely on a grasp of two things: sequence and context. Know which events came earlier and which later, and you’ve gone a long way toward understanding influence and causation. Know what was going on in the wider world at the same time a historical event occurred, and you’ll better grasp the meaning and significance of that event for the people who experienced it. Yet even with the best history textbooks students have difficulty in gaining an immediate sense of sequence and context. Hence the purpose of this book: To lay out the most important events in the history of the Wesleyan/Methodist movement, to show them in their proper order, and to include the most important occurrences taking place on the national and international stages at the same time. Matthews presents his material in an easy to comprehend and visually appealing layout, enumerating the major trends and developments in Methodist history from 1700 to 2004. Rex D. Matthews is Assistant Professor in the Practice of Historical Theology at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. He currently serves as co-chair of the Wesleyan Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion, as General Editor of the Kingswood Books series, and as Managing Editor of the new electronic academic journal Methodist Review. An excerpt from the Circuit Rider review: "This is a book for college and seminary professors, for high school teachers of religion, for Sunday School teachers of children, youth and adults. It is a book for preachers and church musicians. It should be in every church library. This is a book for people who think history is boring as well as for those who delight in rich historical detail and story. It is a book to be savored and returned to again and again. And this is a book for all who love the church and yearn to be part of perfecting its mission and its life." (Click here to read the entire review.)