Methodism and Education 1849-1902 J. H. Rigg, Romanism, and Wesleyan Schools

Name: Methodism and Education 1849-1902 J. H. Rigg, Romanism, and Wesleyan Schools
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ISBN: 9780198269649

ISBN-10: 0198269641

ISBN-13: 9780198269649

Edition: 1998

Authors: John T. Smith

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This book has three interlocking themes. It is concerned first with the advance and subsequent decline of the Wesleyan Methodist efforts in education during the nineteenth century. Secondly, it is about Dr James Harrison Rigg, an irascible and self-opinionated Victorian minister who became Principal of Westminster Methodist Training College and President of the Methodist Conference. He had a dominant influence over his church for many years and dictated its education policy. He also gained the ear of many in government who were formulating educational legislation, and the book assesses his influence on government ideas. The final and overriding theme of the book is the anti-Catholicism…

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List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/10/1998
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 270
Size: 5.35" wide x 8.43" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



Abbreviations



Introduction: Methodism and Education before 1859



The Ascendancy of Dr. J. H. Rigg



The Wesleyans and the 1870 Education Act



The Wesleyan Church in the School Board Era, 1871-1875



The Wesleyans and the Sandon Education Act, 1874-1876



The Wesleyan Educational Decline, 1877-1885



The Wesleyans and the Cross Commission, 1885-1891



The Free Education Issue, 1884-1891



Dr. Rigg's Last Years of Influence, 1892-1902



What Manner of Man was James Harrison Rigg?



Number of Wesleyan Schools and Scholars



Statistics of the Committee of Council on Education



Rate of Annual Grant per Scholar in Average Attendance



J. H. Rigg's Placements



Presidents of the Methodist Conference


Bibliography


Index