Time Tables of History For Students of Methodism

The definitive guide to the major events of Methodist history, displayed in sequence and placed in political, social, and cultural context. Understanding history rests largely on a grasp of two things: sequence and context. Know which events came earlier and which later, and you've gone a long way toward understanding influence and causation. Know what was going on in the wider world at the same time a historical event occurred, and you'll better grasp the meaning and significance of that event for the people who experienced it. Yet even with the best history textbooks students have difficulty in gaining an immediate sense of sequence and context. Hence the purpose of this book: To lay out the most important events in the history of the Wesleyan/Methodist movement, to show them in their proper order, and to include the most important occurrences taking place on the national and international stages at the same time. Matthews presents his material in an easy to comprehend and visually appealing layout, enumerating the major trends and developments in Methodist history from 1700 to 2004. Rex D. Matthews is Visiting Assistant Professor of Historical Theology at Candler School of Theology of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. He is a former chair of the Wesley Studies Group of the American Academy of Religion.Matthews, Rex D. is the author of 'Time Tables of History For Students of Methodism', published 2007 under ISBN 9780687333875 and ISBN 0687333873.