Holiness : an essential in early American Methodist doctrine and discipline -- Becoming Bishop Simpson : the early life and ministry of Matthew Simpson -- An unwilling founder : the early life and ministry of Benjamin Titus Roberts -- Contesting Methodism : Simpson and Roberts on the beginnings of Free Methodism -- Embodying Methodist theology : diverging conceptions of holy living in American Methodist theology
Summary
Old or New School Methodism? argues that the expulsion of preacher B.T. Roberts from the Methodist Episcopal Church and the subsequent formation of his Free MethodistChurch represent a crucial moment of transition in American Methodism. Kevin Watson contends that more emphasis should be given to the theological commitments that have made American Methodism distinctive and have been the cause of divisions over the past century and a half. This book fills a major gap in the study of American Methodism from the 1850s to 1950s
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