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One family under God : love, belonging, and authority in early transatlantic Methodism / Anna M. Lawrence.

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Anna M. Lawrence combines family, gender, and religious history to chronicle the rise of Methodism in England and America during the Revolutionary period. Focusing on the transatlantic Methodist notion of family, this book speaks to historical debates over what family means and how the nuclear famil...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Lawrence, Anna M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
Methodist Church (U.S.) > History > 18th century.
Methodist Church (Great Britain) > History > 18th century.
Marriage > Religious aspects > Methodist Church.
Families > Religious aspects > Methodist Church.
Methodist Church (Great Britain)
Methodist Church (U.S.)
Marriage > Religious aspects > Methodist Church
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Transatlantic Methodism: Roots and Revivals
  • Chapter 2. Loosening the Bonds of Family and Society
  • Chapter 3. The Best of Bonds: Joining the Methodist Family
  • Chapter 4. Religious Ecstasy and Methodist Sexuality
  • Chapter 5. Celibacy in the Methodist Family: The Case Against Marriage
  • Chapter 6. ''The Whole World Is Composed of Families''
  • Chapter 7. One Family, Two Nations
  • Conclusion
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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