Russell E Richey

American Methodism: a Compact History Russell E Richey

Brief Description: An essential guide to American Methodism. Table of Contents: Preface -- Methodist History in a Digital Age -- Using This Narrative with the Two MEA Volumes -- Complementary United Methodist Resources -- Introduction: Spontaneous Beginnings: 1760-68 -- Conversionist Religion -- Colonial Awakenings -- Otterbein and Boehm -- Wesleyan Initiatives -- Spontaneity and Order -- Chapter I. Revolutionary Methodism: 1769-84 -- Pilmore and Boardman -- Order(s) -- Liberty -- Conferencing -- Discipline -- Tensions and Controversies as Revolution Looms -- Collaborators, Loyalists, Pacifists, Persecuted, Patriots -- Americanization -- A First Schism -- Slavery and Revival -- Awaiting Wesleyan Directives -- Provisioning an American Church -- Planting an American Church -- Chapter II. Reforming the Continent and Spreading Scriptural Holiness: 1792-1816 -- The Christmas Conference -- Otterbein in Baltimore -- Race, Gender, and Gentility -- Bishops and Conference -- Multiple Conferences and the Council -- General Conference -- Republican, Primitive, and African Methodists -- Denominationalism -- United Brethren and Evangelical Association -- Annual Conferences and General Conference (MEC) -- Spirituality: In the Home and in Camp Meetings -- Racializing the Church -- A New Day Dawns -- Chapter III. Print, Nuture, Missions: 1816-50's -- Which Wesley to Emulate? -- Apologetics and the Course of Study -- Book Agents -- A Print Church -- Parsonages and Pastoring -- Sunday Worship, the Sunday School, and the Sunday School Union -- Missionary Societies -- A New Connectionalism -- Holiness Promotes -- Collegiate Enterprise -- Theological Seminaries and Brush Colleges -- Chapter IV. Connectional Strains and Contests: 1816-50s -- Racial Divisions -- German Methodisms -- Women's Ministries -- Native American Missions -- Colonization and Mission to the Slaves -- German, Spanish, and International Missions -- Democratic and Anti-Episcopacy Divisions -- A New Church -- Chapter V. Methodism and Slavery: 1830-60s -- Sectionalized Methodism -- Methodist Abolition and an Antislavery Church -- General Conferences 1844 -- Methodist Episcopal Church, South -- MEC vs. MECS -- Further Division over Slavery -- Chapter VI. A Methodist Civil War: 1860-65 -- Methodist Confederacy -- Military Defeat and Moral Victory -- Northern Methodist Patriotism -- Ministry in the Army -- Mobilizing Methodist Women -- New Caring Institutions -- African American Conferences -- National Churches -- Chapter VII. Reconstructions: 1866-84 -- Looking Back and Looking Forward -- Lay Rights in Episcopal Methodism -- Denominational Accountability -- Women's Organizational Revolution -- Seminaries -- Women in Seminary and in the Pulpit -- Foreign and Home Missions -- Southern African American Methodisms -- Fraternal Relations among Methodists -- Local Methodism -- Chapter VIII. Rethinking Mission(s): 1884-1939 -- Reordering Foreigner Missions -- Lay Ministries at Home -- Korean Missions and Asian American Methodists -- Deaconess Movements -- Hospitals -- Social Christianity -- MFSS and the Social Creed -- Rethinking Missions -- Chapter IX. Methodism Conflicted: 1884-1939 -- Laity Rights for Women -- Conflicts over Holiness -- A Methodist Social Gospel -- Drying up America -- Red Scare -- Liberalism and Fundamentalism -- MECS Women and Racial Reform -- Women's Ordination: Another Round -- Worship and Architecture -- Mission(s) in War and of Peace -- Reunification and Race -- Chapter X. Unifications and World Wars: 1939-68 -- War and a New World Order -- Holocaust, Japanese Internment, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki -- Ordering the New Methodist Church -- Jurisdictions and the Central Jurisdiction -- Segregated Methodism-Segregated America -- Progress toward Integration -- Uniting Methodist Women -- Full Clergy Rights for Women -- Youth Ministries -- The Evangelical United Brethren Church -- Worship: EUBC and Methodist -- Cold and Korean Wars -- Social Activism and Another Red Scare -- Ecumentical Efforts -- The United Methodist Church -- Mission Churches Exercise Options -- Chapter XI. The United Methodist Church: 1968-84 -- Caucus and Commission -- African Americans in United Methodism -- Asian American United Methodists -- Latino/Hispanic United Methodism -- Native American United Methodism -- The UMC and the Vietnam War -- Merger Commissions-Social Principles, Structure, Doctrine -- New Women's Organizations -- Homosexuality: Cause and Caucus -- Elder Care -- Divorce -- Abortion -- Good News a Forum for Scriptural Christianity -- Spirituality and the Language of Praise -- Chapter XII. From Bicentennial to Century's End: 1984-2000 -- New Doctrinal Standards -- Episcopal Initiatives -- Native/American Ministries -- Latino/Hispanic Ministries -- Korean American Ministries -- Abortion Policy -- Homosexuality -- Political Theologizing -- Christian Unity -- Sacraments, Worship, Hymnody -- Women Get the Last Word -- Abbreviations -- Index.

Contributor Bio:  Richey, Russell E (2011) Russell E. Richey is Dean Emeritus of Candler School of Theology and the William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Church History Emeritus in Atlanta, Georgia. Contributor Bio:  Rowe, Kenneth E Kenneth E. Rowe, a retired clergy member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, the premier bibliographer of American United Methodism, was for 31 years Methodist Librarian and Professor of Church History at Drew University, as well as Professor of Church History in the Theological and Graduate Schools. He is also Emeritus Professor of Church History and Methodist Archives Librarian at Drew University Theological School in Madison, New Jersey. Contributor Bio:  Schmidt, Jeanne Miller Jean Miller Schmidt is Gerald L. Schlessman Professor Emerita of Methodist Studies, The Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.