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Clive Murray Norris's exploration of the financial management and organization of 18th-century Methodism not only sheds new light on the complexities of the denomination's origins and early growth, but addresses themes that resonate with more recent Methodist history and current practice. Based on the author's PhD thesis, The Financing of John Wesley's Methodism c. 1740-1800 is a richly detailed study of a wide range of primary sources set in the broader contexts of Methodist history and British economic history... This book therefore makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the day-to-day functioning of early Methodism. * Martin V. Clarke, Reading Religion * Norris forces us to look at religious enterprises differently. He reminds us that spreading the gospel came at a cost, both a personal and a financial one. The Financing of John Wesleys Methodism is therefore an indispensable read bringing a persisting gap between religions and economic history. More importantly, this enlightening work offers new answers to why some religious movements like the Methodists successfully institutionalized themselves when others failed. * Lionel Laborie (Lecturer in Early Modern History, Leiden University), Wesley and Methodist Studies * The financing of John Wesleys Methodism is clearly presented, painstakingly researched, and deserves to become a standard work of reference that will illuminate a previously rather 'dark' area in the history of eighteenth-century Methodism. It begs for a similar treatment of Methodism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and I cannot commend it too highly. * Barrie Tabraham, Journal of Ecclesiastical History * As a book examining the financial aspects of Wesleyan Methodism, this book is excellent, making extensive use of primary sources, and constructing a well-researched and compelling argument. * Claire Marie Rennie, University of Leeds, The Journal of Transport History *

Balancing the accounts of Wesleyan Methodists against those of competing groups, Norris forces us to look at religious enterprises differently. He reminds us that spreading the gospel came at a cost, both a personal and a financial one. The Financing of John Wesley's Methodism is therefore an indispensable read bridging a persisting gap between religious and economic history. More importantly, this enlightening work offers new answers to why some religious movements like the Methodists successfully institutionalized themselves when others failed. * Lionel Laborie, Wesley and Methodist Studies *

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Clive Norris is an Independent Scholar.

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