UID:
almafu_9958352313402883
Format:
1 online resource (296 pages) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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ISBN:
9780812204179
Series Statement:
Early American Studies
Content:
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 family model developed over the eighteenth century.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Introduction --
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Chapter 1. Transatlantic Methodism: Roots and Revivals --
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Chapter 2. Loosening the Bonds of Family and Society --
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Chapter 3. The Best of Bonds: Joining the Methodist Family --
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Chapter 4. Religious Ecstasy and Methodist Sexuality --
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Chapter 5. Celibacy in the Methodist Family: The Case Against Marriage --
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Chapter 6. ‘‘The Whole World Is Composed of Families’’ --
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Chapter 7. One Family, Two Nations --
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Conclusion --
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List of Abbreviations --
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Notes --
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Index --
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Acknowledgments.
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.9783/9780812204179
URL:
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204179
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