Methodism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Further reading== * Abraham, William J. and James E. Kirby (eds.) (2009) ''The Oxford Handbook of Methodist Studies''. 780 pp.; historiography; [https://www.amazon.com/Oxford-Handbook-Methodist-Studies-Handbooks-ebook/dp/B0064A55N2/ excerpt] ===World=== * Borgen, Ole E. (1985) ''John Wesley on the Sacraments: a Theological Study''. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Francis Asbury Press, cop. 1972. 307 pp. {{ISBN|0-310-75191-8}} * Copplestone, J. Tremayne. (1973) ''History of Methodist Missions, vol. 4: Twentieth-Century Perspectives''. 1288 pp.; [https://archive.org/details/historyofmethodi04barc comprehensive world coverage for US Methodist missions β online] * Cracknell, Kenneth and White, Susan J. (2005) ''An Introduction to World Methodism'', Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|0-521-81849-4}} * [[Dion Forster|Forster, D. A.]] and Bentley, W. (eds.) (2008) ''What are we thinking? Reflections on Church and Society from Southern African Methodists.'' Methodist Publishing House, Cape Town, South Africa. {{ISBN|978-1-919883-52-6}} * [[Dion Forster|Forster, D. A.]] and Bentley, W. (eds.) (2008)'' Methodism in Southern Africa: A celebration of Wesleyan Mission,'' AcadSA Publishers, Kempton Park. {{ISBN|978-1-920212-29-2}} * Harmon, Nolan B. (ed.) (2 vol. 1974) ''The Encyclopedia of World Methodism'', Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, {{ISBN|0-687-11784-4}}. 2640 pp. * Heitzenrater, Richard P. (1994) ''Wesley and the People Called Methodists'', Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, {{ISBN|0-687-01682-7}} * Hempton, David (2005) ''Methodism: Empire of the Spirit'', Yale University Press, {{ISBN|0-300-10614-9}} * [[Kenneth Wilson (theologian)|Wilson, Kenneth]]. ''Methodist Theology''. London: T & T Clark International, 2011 (Doing Theology) * Yrigoyen Jr, Charles, and Susan E. Warrick. ''Historical dictionary of Methodism'' (2nd ed. Scarecrow Press, 2013) ===Great Britain=== * Brooks, Alan. (2010) ''West End Methodism: The Story of Hinde Street'', London: Northway Publications, 400 pp. * Davies, Rupert & Rupp, Gordon. (1965) ''A History of the Methodist Church in Great Britain'': Vol 1, Epworth Press * Davies, Rupert & George, A. Raymond & Rupp, Gordon. (1978) ''A History of the Methodist Church in Great Britain'': Vol 2, Epworth Press * Davies, Rupert & George, A. Raymond & Rupp, Gordon. (1983) ''A History of the Methodist Church in Great Britain'': Vol 3, Epworth Press * Davies, Rupert & George, A. Raymond & Rupp, Gordon. (1988) ''A History of the Methodist Church in Great Britain'': Vol 4, Epworth Press * Dowson, Jean and Hutchinson, John. (2003) ''John Wesley: His Life, Times and Legacy'' [CD-ROM], Methodist Publishing House, TB214 * Edwards, Maldwyn. (1944) ''Methodism and England: A study of Methodism in its social and political aspects during the period 1850β1932'' * Halevy, Elie, and Bernard Semmel. (1971) ''The Birth of Methodism in England'' * Hempton, David. (1984) ''Methodism and Politics in British Society, 1750β1850'', Stanford University Press, {{ISBN|0-8047-1269-7}} * Jones, David Ceri et al. (2012) ''The Elect Methodists: Calvinistic Methodism in England and Wales, 1735β1811'' * Kent, John. (2002) ''Wesley and the Wesleyans'', Cambridge University Press, {{ISBN|0-521-45532-4}} * Madden, Lionel. (2003) ''Methodism in Wales: A Short History of the Wesley Tradition'', Gomer Press * Milburn, Geoffrey & Batty, Margaret (eds.) (1995) ''Workaday Preachers: The Story of Methodist Local Preaching'', Methodist Publishing House * Stigant, P. (1971) "Wesleyan Methodism and working-class radicalism in the north, 1792β1821." ''Northern History'', Vol 6 (1) pp: 98β116 * Thompson, Edward Palmer. (1963) ''The making of the English working class'' β a famous classic stressing the role of Methodism * Turner, John Munsey. (2003) ''John Wesley: The Evangelical Revival and the Rise of Methodism in England'' * Turner, John M. (1997) ''Modern Methodism in England, 1932β1996'' * Warner, Wellman J. (1930) ''The Wesleyan Movement in the Industrial Revolution'', London: Longmans, Green * Vickers, John A, ed. (2000) ''A Dictionary of Methodism in Britain and Ireland'', Epworth Press ===African Americans=== * Campbell, James T. (1995). [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00589 ''Songs of Zion: The African Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States and South Africa''], Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-507892-6}}. * George, Carol V.R. (1973). ''Segregated Sabbaths: Richard Allen and the Rise of Independent Black Churches, 1760β1840'', New York: Oxford University Press, [[LCCN]] 73076908. * Montgomery, William G. (1993). ''Under Their Own Vine and Fig Tree: The African-American Church in the South, 1865β1900'', Louisiana State University Press, {{ISBN|0-8071-1745-5}}. * Walker, Clarence E. (1982). ''A Rock in a Weary Land: The African Methodist Episcopal Church During the Civil War and Reconstruction'', Louisiana State University Press, {{ISBN|0-8071-0883-9}}. * Wills, David W. and Newman, Richard (eds.) (1982). ''Black Apostles at Home and Abroad: Afro-American and the Christian Mission from the Revolution to Reconstruction'', Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall, {{ISBN|0-8161-8482-8}}. ===United States=== * Cameron, Richard M. (ed.) (1961). ''Methodism and Society in Historical Perspective'', 4 vol., New York: Abingdon Press. * Lyerly, Cynthia Lynn (1998). ''Methodism and the Southern Mind, 1770β1810'', Religion in America Series, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-511429-9}}. * Meyer, Donald (1988). ''The Protestant Search for Political Realism, 1919β1941'', Wesleyan University Press, {{ISBN|0-8195-5203-8}}. * Schmidt, Jean Miller (1999). ''Grace Sufficient: A History of Women in American Methodism, 1760β1939'', Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press {{ISBN|0-687-15675-0}}. * Sweet, William Warren (1954). ''Methodism in American History'', Revision of 1953, Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, 472 pp. * Wigger, John H. (1998). ''Taking Heaven by Storm: Methodism and the Rise of Popular Christianity in America'', Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|0-19-510452-8}} β pp. ix & 269 focus on 1770β1910. ===Canada=== * Rawlyk, G. A. (1994). ''The Canada Fire: Radical Evangelicalism in British North America, 1775β1812'', Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, {{ISBN|0-7735-1221-7}} * Semple, Neil (1996). ''The Lord's Dominion: The History of Canadian Methodism'', Buffalo: McGill-Queen's University Press, {{ISBN|0-7735-1367-1}}. ===Primary sources=== * Richey, Russell E., Rowe, Kenneth E. and Schmidt, Jean Miller (eds.) (2000). ''The Methodist Experience in America: a sourcebook'', Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press, {{ISBN|978-0-687-24673-1}}. 756 pp. of original documents. * Sweet, William Warren (ed.) (1946). ''Religion on the American Frontier: Vol. 4, The Methodists, 1783β1840: A Collection of Source Materials'', New York: H. Holt & Co., β 800 pp. of documents regarding the American frontier. * The Archive of the Methodist Missionary Society is held at the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], London, England. [http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/ Special Collections | SOAS Library | SOAS University of London]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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