Educational Institutions Of The United Methodist Church And Its Predecessor Bodies

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United Methodist Questions, United Methodist Answers, Revised Edition

Author : Belton Joyner
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1611645549
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book United Methodist Questions, United Methodist Answers, Revised Edition written by Belton Joyner and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular author F. Belton Joyner has revised his best-selling resource for introducing the United Methodist Church. In a humorous yet respectful style, Joyner takes the reader through illuminating questions and answers on United Methodist terms and beliefs on God, Jesus, the Bible, the church, salvation, and more. Examples of Joyner's questions include “Why did Jesus have to die?â€ “Who was John Wesley, and who were all those other figures?â€ “Is the Bible infallible?â€ “What is The Book of Discipline?â€ This revised edition includes new sections on United Methodism as a global church, United Methodist ministries beyond the congregation, and United Methodist theology in conversation with other Christian traditions. It has also been updated to reflect recent changes to The Book of Discipline and the orders of ministry. The book's question-and-answer format easily lends itself to use in Sunday school classes and also works for individual study. From new recruits to lifelong United Methodists, readers will gain a lively sense of what is special and important about their denominational home.

Old or New School Methodism?

Author : Kevin M. Watson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190844523
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Old or New School Methodism? written by Kevin M. Watson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 7, 1881, Matthew Simpson, Bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, in a London sermon asserted that, "As to the divisions in the Methodist family, there is little to mar the family likeness." Nearly a quarter-century earlier, Benjamin Titus (B.T.) Roberts, a minister in the same branch of Methodism as Simpson, had published an article titled in the Northern Independent in which he argued that Methodism had split into an "Old School" and "New School." He warned that if the new school were to "generally prevail," then "the glory will depart from Methodism." As a result, Roberts was charged with "unchristian and immoral conduct" and expelled from the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). Old or New School Methodism? examines how less than three decades later Matthew Simpson could claim that the basic beliefs and practices that Roberts had seen as threatened were in fact a source of persisting unity across all branches of Methodism. Kevin M. Watson argues that B. T. Roberts's expulsion from the MEC and the subsequent formation of the Free Methodist Church represent a crucial moment of transition in American Methodism. This book challenges understandings of American Methodism that emphasize its breadth and openness to a variety of theological commitments and underemphasize the particular theological commitments that have made it distinctive and have been the cause of divisions over the past century and a half. Old or New School Methodism? fills a major gap in the study of American Methodism from the 1850s to 1950s through a detailed study of two of the key figures of the period and their influence on the denomination.

The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2012

Author : Marvin W. Cropsey
Publisher : Kingswood Books
ISBN 13 : 1426766203
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church 2012 written by Marvin W. Cropsey and published by Kingswood Books. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Discipline sets forth the plan by which we United Methodists govern ourselves. It reflects our understanding of the Church and of what is expected of its laity and clergy as they seek to be effective witnesses in the world as a part of the whole body of Christ. The Discipline includes our church Constitution, our history, our doctrinal standards, and our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ, as well as practical processes through which our congregations connect and support each other to reach the world.

Church, Identity, and Change

Author : David A. Roozen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802828194
Total Pages : 678 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Church, Identity, and Change written by David A. Roozen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2005-05-02 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since colonial days, religious work in American has happened through denominations. At least since the start of the twentieth century, these religious bodies consisted of a fairly tight, intra-denominationally connected system of congregations, regional judicatories, and national offices. This system was the product of more than two centuries of consolidation among Americanbs historic immigrant and indigenous churches. The vast majority of these structures are still in place, retain some semblance of internal coherence, have considerable social and religious significance, and will be with us for the foreseeable future. Nevertheless, the stresses upon them today clearly indicate that they are entering an unsettled period of transition. The purpose of this book is to examine the national structures of eight diverse Protestant denominations as a part of that shift. The frame of this study is the relationship between the theological and organizational nature of national denominational structures as they adapt to the changing situation of the twenty-first century.

Religious Higher Education in the United States

Author : Thomas C. Hunt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815316367
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Religious Higher Education in the United States written by Thomas C. Hunt and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1996 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to the authors, higher education today suffers from a lack of a clearly articulated purpose, a deficiency particularly challenging to religiously-affiliated institutions. This volume attempts to address the problems currently facing denomination-affiliated institutions of higher education, beginning with an introduction to government aid and the regulation of religious colleges and universities in the US. The greater part of the volume consists of 24 chapters, each of which begins with a historical essay followed by annotated bibliographical entries covering primary and secondary sources dating back to 1986 on various denomination-connected institutions. There are roughly 600 bibliographic entries, an epilogue discussing critical issues, and subject and author indexes. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Routledge Library Editions: Higher Education

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429790414
Total Pages : 9066 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Library Editions: Higher Education written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 9066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volumes in this set, originally published between 1964 and 2002, draw together research by leading academics in the area of higher education, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volume examines the concepts of learning, teaching, student experience and administration in relation to the higher education through the areas of business, sociology, education reforms, government, educational policy, business and religion, whilst also exploring the general principles and practices of higher education in various countries. This set will be of particular interest to students and practitioners of education, politics and sociology.

Polity, Practice, and the Mission of The United Methodist Church

Author : Thomas E. Frank
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426763573
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Polity, Practice, and the Mission of The United Methodist Church written by Thomas E. Frank and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Commissioned by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry for use in United Methodist doctrine/polity/history courses." This in-depth analysis of the connection between United Methodist polity and theology addresses ways in which historical developments have shaped--and continue to shape--the organization of the church.This revised edition incorporates the actions of The United Methodist General Conference, 2004. The book discusses continuing reforms of the church's plan for baptism and church membership, as well as the emergence of deacon's orders and other changes to ordained ministry procedures. The text is now cross-referenced to the Book of Discipline, 2004, including the revised order of disciplinary chapters and paragraph numbering. Denominational statistics are updated, along with references to recent works on The United Methodist Church and American religious life.

History of Methodism in Arkansas

Author : Horace Jewell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Methodism in Arkansas written by Horace Jewell and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America

Author : Abel Stevens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book History of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States of America written by Abel Stevens and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Wilderness, the Nation, and the Electronic Era

Author : Elmer J. O'Brien
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810863138
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Wilderness, the Nation, and the Electronic Era written by Elmer J. O'Brien and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-07-29 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wilderness, the Nation, and the Electronic Era: American Christianity and Religious Communication 1620-2000: An Annotated Bibliography contains over 2,400 annotations of books, book chapters, essays, periodical articles, and selected dissertations dealing with the various means and technologies of Christian communication used by clergy, churches, denominations, benevolent associations, printers, booksellers, publishing houses, and individuals and movements in their efforts to disseminate news, knowledge, and information about religious beliefs and life in the United States from colonial times to the present. Providing access to the critical and interpretive literature about religious communication is significant and plays a central role in the recent trend in American historiography toward cultural history, particularly as it relates to numerous collateral disciplines: sociology, anthropology, education, speech, music, literary studies, art history, and technology. The book documents communication shifts, from oral history to print to electronic and visual media, and their adaptive uses in communication networks developed over the nation's history. This reference brings bibliographic control to a large and diverse literature not previously identified or indexed.

Encyclopedia of Religion in the South

Author : Samuel S. Hill
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865547582
Total Pages : 898 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Religion in the South written by Samuel S. Hill and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication of the Encyclopedia of Religion in the South in 1984 signaled the rise in the scholarly interest in the study of Religion in the South. Religion has always been part of the cultural heritage of that region, but scholarly investigation had been sporadic. Since the original publication of the ERS, however, the South has changed significantly in that Christianity is no longer the primary religion observed. Other religions like Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism have begun to have very important voices in Southern life. This one-volume reference, the only one of its kind, takes this expansion into consideration by updating older relevant articles and by adding new ones. After more than 20 years, the only reference book in the field of the Religion in the South has been totally revised and updated. Each article has been updated and bibliography has been expanded. The ERS has also been expanded to include more than sixty new articles on Religion in the South. New articles have been added on such topics as Elvis Presley, Appalachian Music, Buddhism, Bill Clinton, Jerry Falwell, Fannie Lou Hamer, Zora Neale Hurston, Stonewall Jackson, Popular Religion, Pat Robertson, the PTL, Sports and Religion in the South, theme parks, and much more. This is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the South, religion, or cultural history.

Dissertation Abstracts International

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement

Author : William Kostlevy
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810863189
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement written by William Kostlevy and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2009-08-03 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is much harder to define a religious movement than it is to define a religion or denomination. That applies especially when that movement almost defies definition as the Holiness Movement does. The Holiness Movement is a Methodist religious renewal movement that has over 12 million adherents worldwide. Perhaps the most familiar public manifestation of the holiness movement has been its urban holiness missions, and the Salvation Army_noted for its service ministries among poor and people suffering the dislocations that accompany war and disaster_is the most notable example. In the second edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Holiness Movement, important new developments in the Holiness Movement_such as the widely discussed 'Holiness Manifesto'_are thoroughly discussed, and the content has also been expanded to include information on figures from Asia and Africa to reflect the continued growth of the Holiness Movement. With a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries, this reference has information that cannot be found elsewhere.

Focus

Author : Lovett Hayes Weems
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426740379
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Focus written by Lovett Hayes Weems and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What decisions must be made now if The United Methodist Church is to have a future?

T&T Clark Companion to Methodism

Author : Charles Yrigoyen Jr
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567662462
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book T&T Clark Companion to Methodism written by Charles Yrigoyen Jr and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an invaluable handbook on Methodism containing an introduction, dictionary of key terms, and concentrates on key themes, methodology and research problems for those interested in studying the origins and development of the history and theology of world Methodism. The literature describing the history and development of Methodism has been growing as scholars and general readers have become aware of its importance as a world church with approximately 40 million members in 300 Methodist denominations in 140 nations. The tercentenary celebrations of the births of its founders, John and Charles Wesley, in 2003 and 2007 provided an additional focus on the evolution of the movement which became a church.

The A to Z of the Holiness Movement

Author : William Kostlevy
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461731801
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book The A to Z of the Holiness Movement written by William Kostlevy and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is much harder to define a religious movement than it is to define a religion or denomination. That applies especially when that movement almost defies definition as the Holiness Movement does. The Holiness Movement is a Methodist religious renewal movement that has over 12 million adherents worldwide. Perhaps the most familiar public manifestation of the holiness movement has been its urban holiness missions, and the Salvation Army-noted for its service ministries among poor and people suffering the dislocations that accompany war and disaster-is the most notable example. The A to Z of the Holiness Movement relates important new developments in the Holiness Movement—such as the widely discussed "Holiness Manifesto"—are thoroughly discussed, and the content has also been expanded to include information on figures from Asia and Africa to reflect the continued growth of the Holiness Movement. With a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries, this reference has information that cannot be found elsewhere.

Sovereignty, Colonialism and the Indigenous Nations

Author : Robert Odawi Porter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 824 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sovereignty, Colonialism and the Indigenous Nations written by Robert Odawi Porter and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an extensive compilation of readings focused on the meaning of sovereignty and self-determination in relation to Indigenous nations and peoples in the United States. The overall purpose of the book is to afford readers the opportunity to study and analyze the interplay of legal, political, economic, and cultural factors that contribute to the debate surrounding the status of Indigenous nations and peoples within American society. The book is divided into three parts, with each part prefaced by a set of questions for the reader to consider. The first part explores the meaning of Indigenous nation sovereignty from three different perspectives--the Indigenous nations and peoples, the colonizing peoples, and the international community. The second part then addresses the different ways in which this sovereignty is threatened. The last part of the book explores the variety of approaches by which Indigenous nation sovereignty may be preserved and strengthened in the future. The readings included are extraordinarily broad in scope and are designed to promote vigorous student inquiry and discussion. In addition to including a wide variety of authors, the works include speeches, testimony, policy statements, law cases, statutes, articles, book chapters, and newspaper stories. The materials are extensively edited (with few footnotes and citations) so as to focus the reader on important concepts and to facilitate overall understanding. The book is intended for use in both law school and non-law school courses relating to law and policy dealing with Indigenous nations and peoples, American history, and international law and policy governing minorities and Indigenous peoples. The book is also designed for use in undergraduate courses and seminars.