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Author: Kevin M. Watson (Assistant Professor of Historical Theology and Wesleyan Studies, Assistant Professor of Historical Theology and Wesleyan Studies, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 16.30cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9780199336364
ISBN 10: 0199336369
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 January 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
This is a brilliant study of one of the foundational institutions of eighteenth-century Methodism. Early Methodism was at its heart a community event. The bands, along with the class meetings, were what bound Methodist societies together. Anyone who wants to understand the rise of Methodism should give this account careful consideration. This is a book we have long needed. --John Wigger, Professor, Department of History, University of Missouri Watson's work on the band meeting is the definitive history of this practice of small-group confession within eighteenth-century English evangelicalism. Watson not only demonstrates the importance of this practice for the revival and the Wesleyan notion of 'social holiness' in the eighteenth century, but also outlines the reasons for its decline in the nineteenth century. This is a must-have for scholars of Methodism and eighteenth-century religious history. --Scott Kisker, Professor of Church History, United Theological Seminary This groundbreaking study offers the most detailed account to date of band meetings in early Wesleyan Methodism. Watson first demonstrates the distinctive synthesis of Anglican and Moravian precedents in John Wesley's mature model for the bands. He then engages a range of primary sources to provide a richly textured account of the practice of bands through the eighteenth century. Highly recommended. --Randy L. Maddox, William Kellon Quick Professor of Wesleyan Methodist Studies, Duke Divinity School
Overall the book is helpful to any person who wishes to know more about the Band Meeting ... this book will assist any person who is eager to understand how Methodism was formed and developed in the eighteenth century. Andrew Goodhead, Wesley and Methodist Studies
Author Information
Kevin M. Watson is Assistant Professor of Historical Theology and Wesleyan Studies at Seattle Pacific University. He completed his PhD at Southern Methodist University (Dallas, TX) in the History of the Christian Tradition. An ordained elder in The United Methodist Church, Watson lives with his wife and three children in Seattle, WA.
