UID:
almahu_9949386143802882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9780429356308
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0429356307
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9781000048414
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1000048411
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9781000048438
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1000048438
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9781000048421
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100004842X
Series Statement:
Routledge Methodist studies series
Content:
"This book highlights the life and writings of an itinerant preacher in John Wesley's Methodist Connexion, Thomas Wride (1733-1807). Detailed studies of such rank and file preachers are rare, as Methodist history has largely been written by and about its leadership. However, Wride's ministry shows us that the development of this worldwide movement was more complicated and uncertain than many accounts suggest. Wride's attitude was distinctive. He was no respecter of persons, freely criticising almost everyone he came across, and in doing so exposing debates and tensions within both Methodism and wider society. However, being so combative also led him into conflict with the very movement he sought to promote. Wride is an authentic, self-educated, and non-élite voice that illuminates important features of Eighteenth-Century life well beyond his religious activities. He sheds light on his contemporaries' attitudes to issues such as the role of women, attitudes towards and the practice of medicine, and the experience and interpretation of dreams and supernatural occurrences. This is a detailed insight into the everyday reality of being an Eighteenth-Century Methodist minister. As such, this text will be of interest to academics working in Methodist Studies and Religious History, as well as Eighteenth-Century History more generally"--
Additional Edition:
Print version: Norris, Clive Murray. Thomas Wride and Wesley's Methodist Connexion London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 ISBN 9780367404727
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Church history.
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History.
DOI:
10.4324/9780429356308
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429356308
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