| Early Methodist Spirituality: Selected Women's Writings Contributor(s): Lovin, Robin W., Heitzenrater, Richard P., Moore, Mary Elizabeth Mullino |
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ISBN: 0687334160 ISBN-13: 9780687334162 Publisher: Kingswood Books OUR PRICE: $45.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2007 Annotation: These selections from the writings of early Methodist women vividly illustrate the richness of women's contributions to the life of the church and the legacy of Wesleyan spirituality. The selections reveal a "way of devotion," that is, a way of living out the Christian faith that conjoins personal piety, social action, conversion, and growth in grace. The religious accounts, diaries, and journals; prayers, hymns, and sacred poems; and narrative practical divinity brought together here for the first time, provide a new vantage point from which to view the wonderful spiritual awakening of Wesley's day. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Methodist - Religion | Christian Living - General |
| Dewey: 248.088 |
| LCCN: 2006026411 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Evangelical |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An anthology of writings of late-18th and early-19th century Methodist women.Writings of early Methodist women have compelling stories to tell. This volume puts us in touch with a lost heritage of vital spirituality that can transform lives and the church, even today. These selections from the writings of early Methodist women vividly illustrate the richness of women's contributions to the life of the church and the legacy of Wesleyan spirituality. The religious accounts, diaries and journals, prayers, hymns and sacred poems, and narrative practical divinity, brought together here for the first time, provide a new vantage point from which to view the wonderful spiritual awakening of Wesley's day. They reveal a way of devotion, a way of living out the Christian faith that conjoins personal piety and social action, conversion and growth in grace. |
Contributor Bio(s): Chilcote, Paul Wesley: - Paul W. Chilcote is a retired United Methodist elder and professor of historical theology and Wesleyan studies who has taught on three continents. An award-winning author, he has published nearly thirty books, including Praying in the Wesleyan Spirit, A Faith That Sings, and Recapturing the Wesleys' Vision. He is a Benedictine Oblate of Mt. Angel Abbey in Oregon. |