A crown and a cross
Subtitle: the rise, development and decline of the Methodist class meeting in eighteenth century England
By: Andrew Goodhead
Publisher: Wipf & Stock
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781606086513
Subjects: Methodist class meetings; Evangelicalism; Methodist Church; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-340).
Table of contents: title: 1. Religion and society at the turn of the eighteenth century; title: 2. The heritage of John and Charles Wesley; title: 3. Religious societies in England from 1678; title: 4. The Fetter Lane Society; title: 5. The classes of Methodism; title: 6. Routinization; title: 7. Totemism; title: 8. The one-generational meeting; title: 9. Conclusion; title: Appendices:; title: 1. The rules of Anthony Horneck's Savoy Society; title: 2. The Poplar regulations; title: 3. Samuel Wesley's rule for the Epworth Society; title: 4. The rules of the Rev Samuel Walker's Truro Society; title: 5. Articles of the religious societies at Truro; title: 6. The rules of the Fetter Lane Society (A); title: 7. The rules of the Fetter Lane Society (B); title: 8. The rules of the Fetter Lane Society (C); title: 9. Religious societies from John Wesley's diary; title: 10. The nature, design, and general rules of the united societies; title: 11. Rules of the band societies; title: 12. Directions given to the band societies; title: 13. Of the right method of meeting classes and bands, in the Methodist societies.