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Baptists and Methodists. Review. Church - Church of England Sect – Quakers Denominations. Introduction and Major Themes. Evangelicals, but self-identify as their particular denomination (e.g. Baptist or Methodist) Disestablishment Frontier Mini Themes – African Americans and Women.
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Review • Church - Church of England • Sect – Quakers • Denominations
Introduction and Major Themes • Evangelicals, but self-identify as their particular denomination (e.g. Baptist or Methodist) • Disestablishment • Frontier • Mini Themes – African Americans and Women
John Wesley in Savannah • Uh-um, this is yet another place you should visit!
Methodists • Conclusions • Benefited from connectional system • Found converts among marginalized members of society - “Haven of ordinary people” • “Accordionlike” power
Baptists So many Baptists, so little time…
Baptists • Conclusions • Benefited from belief in the liberty of conscience • Found converts among marginalized members of society
Comparisons and Conclusions Leland Asbury
I had so much fun in class today that I want to learn more! • William L. Andrews, ed., Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women’s Autobiographies of the Nineteenth Century • Catherine A. Brekus, Strangers & Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845 • Nathan Hatch, The Democratization of American Christianity • Christine Heyrman, Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt • Bill J. Leonard, Baptist Ways: A History • John Wigger, Taking Heaven by Storm