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Originally published in 1984, this book charts the political and social consequences of Methodist expansion in the first century of its existence. While the relationship between Methodism and politics is the central subject of the book a number of other important themes are also developed.

The focus of this book is Methodism in the British Isles in the period 1750-1900. 'Those who want the latest word on Methodism's first century can do better than turn to this collection of essays.' - Hugh McLeod, University of Birmingham

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Examining eighteenth-century religious thought in its sophisticated national and social contexts, the author relates the narrative of the Church to the rise of religious enthusiasm pioneered by Pietists, Methodists, Evangelicals and Revivalists, and by important leaders like August Hermann Francke, Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley.

Focusing on Methodism in the British Isles between 1750-1900 David Hempton discusses when and why Methodism grew and the nature of the Methodist experience for those who embraced it. Hempton considers four of the important figures in the early history of Methodism: John Wesley, the founder, Jabez Bunting, the most powerful man in the connexion in the ninetenth century, Thomas Allen, the connexional lawyer and political advisor, and Gideon Ouse...

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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 religious movement by the 1880s.

Looks at evangelicalism through the lens of well-known individuals who once embraced the evangelical tradition, but later repudiated it. The author recounts the faith journeys of nine creative artists, social reformers, and public intellectuals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including George Eliot, Vincent van Gogh, and James Baldwin.

The main theme of this book is religion and identity, not only national identity, but also regional and local identities. It is an attempt to penetrate to the heart of vigorous religious and political cultures, both elite and popular, in the long eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. David Hempton deals with all parts of the British Isles at some point in their histories, and brings to life a diverse and variegated spectrum of religious communi...