United Methodism and American Culture Volume 1: Connectionalism Ecclesiology, Mission, and Identity

Name: United Methodism and American Culture Volume 1: Connectionalism Ecclesiology, Mission, and Identity
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ISBN: 9780687021895

ISBN-10: 0687021898

ISBN-13: 9780687021895

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Authors: Dennis M. Campbell, Russell E. Richey, William B. Lawrence

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In a time when the United Methodist Connectional System is being questioned throughout the denomination, this volume explains the roots of the system, its rationale, and its success. Chapter essays:Connectionalism and Itinerancy; Constitutional Order in United Methodism and American Culture; African American Methodists; Methodist Identities and the Founding of Methodist Universities; Redesigning Methodist Churches: Auditorium Style Sanctuaries; Wesley's Legacy of Social Holiness; United Methodist Campus Ministry; The Effect of Mergers on American Wesleyan Denominations; Determinants of the Denominational Mission Funding Crisis; and others.

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Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 12/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 4.37" wide x 4.37" long x 0.33" tall
Weight: 1.188

Dennis M. Campbell is former Dean of the Divinity School and former Professor of Theology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Currently he isnbsp;Headmaster of Woodberry Forest School in Woodberry Forest Virginia.

He is Associate Dean of Academic programs and Professor of Church History at the Duke University Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina.



Preface


Introduction



Connectionalism and Itinerancy: Wesleyan Principles and Practice



Constitutional Order in United Methodism and American Culture



African American Methodists: A Remnant and a Reminder



Methodist Identities and the Founding of Methodist Universities



Redesigning Methodist Churches: Auditorium-Style Sanctuaries and Akron-Plan Sunday Schools in Romanesque Costume 1875-1925



Wesley's Legacy of Social Holiness: The Methodist Settlement Movement and American Social Reform



United Methodist Campus Ministry and the Methodist Student Movement



The Effect of Mergers on American Wesleyan Denominations



God's Mission and United Methodism



Determinants of the Denominational-Mission Funding Crisis: An Evaluation of Three Hypotheses



Understanding Local Mission: Congregational Models and Public Religion in United Methodist Churches



Methodists on the Margins: "Self-Authoring" Religious Identity



Contributors


Editors


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