Title: The elect Methodists : Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735-1811 /
Authors: Jones, David Ceri.; Schlenther, Boyd Stanley, 1936-; White, Eryn Mant.
Publisher: University of Wales Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Calvinistic Methodists England History; Calvinistic Methodists England History; Calvinistic Methodists Wales History; Calvinistic Methodists Wales History
Abstract: "The Elect Methodists is the first full-length academic study of Calvinistic Methodism, a movement that emerged in the eighteenth century as an alternative to the better-known Wesleyan grouping. While the branch of Methodism led by John Wesley has received significant historical attention, Calvinistic Methodism, especially in England, has not. This book charts the sources of the eighteenth-century Methodist revival in the context of Protestant evangelicalism emerging in continental Europe and colonial North America, before proceeding to follow the fortunes in both England and Wales of the Calvinistic branch, to the establishing of formal denominations in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries."--P. [4] of cover.
Contents: 'A sweet prospect' for the gospel : the origins of Calvinistic Methodism, 1735-1738 -- 'A great pouring out of the Spirit' : the forging of a movement, 1739-1740 -- An 'outward settled agreement' : shaping a structure and a spirituality, 1741-1742 -- From high hopes to 'miserable divisions' : the consolidation and splintering of Calvinistic Methodism, 1744-1750 -- 'A leader is wanting' : lean years in Wales, 1750-1762, tentative years in England, 1750-1765 -- 'I will once more shake the heavens' : a new revival for Wales, 1762-1779 -- 'You are only going to a few simple souls' : new English Calvinistic groupings, at mid-century -- 'My lady's society' : the birth and growth of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, 1770-1791 -- 'The Lord's gift to the north' : the spread of the movement throughout Wales, 1780-1791 -- 'A smooth and satisfactory order' : towards a new denomination for Wales and decline in England, 1791-1811.