Respectable Methodism: Nathan Bangs and Respectability in Nineteenth-Century American Methodism
The Wesleyan-Methodist movement entered American history as a fragment of British Methodism. It quickly took on a new identity in the early republic and grew into a vibrant denomination in the nineteenth century. The transitions from the rugged pioneer religion modeled by Bishop Francis Asbury to the urbane religion of industrial America was by design the goal of influential leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Nathan Bangs was perhaps one of the most significant of such leaders. He rose from obscurity to the ranks of power and influence by refining patterns of worship, expanding denominational publishing, and structuring ministerial education. This study is concerned with the development of respectability in American Methodism. It also explores questions on how Bangs and other leaders dealt with in-house conflicts on issues related to race, slavery, and the poor.
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Respectable Methodism: Nathan Bangs and Respectability in Nineteenth-Century American Methodism
The Wesleyan-Methodist movement entered American history as a fragment of British Methodism. It quickly took on a new identity in the early republic and grew into a vibrant denomination in the nineteenth century. The transitions from the rugged pioneer religion modeled by Bishop Francis Asbury to the urbane religion of industrial America was by design the goal of influential leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Nathan Bangs was perhaps one of the most significant of such leaders. He rose from obscurity to the ranks of power and influence by refining patterns of worship, expanding denominational publishing, and structuring ministerial education. This study is concerned with the development of respectability in American Methodism. It also explores questions on how Bangs and other leaders dealt with in-house conflicts on issues related to race, slavery, and the poor.
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Respectable Methodism: Nathan Bangs and Respectability in Nineteenth-Century American Methodism

Respectable Methodism: Nathan Bangs and Respectability in Nineteenth-Century American Methodism

Respectable Methodism: Nathan Bangs and Respectability in Nineteenth-Century American Methodism
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The Wesleyan-Methodist movement entered American history as a fragment of British Methodism. It quickly took on a new identity in the early republic and grew into a vibrant denomination in the nineteenth century. The transitions from the rugged pioneer religion modeled by Bishop Francis Asbury to the urbane religion of industrial America was by design the goal of influential leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Nathan Bangs was perhaps one of the most significant of such leaders. He rose from obscurity to the ranks of power and influence by refining patterns of worship, expanding denominational publishing, and structuring ministerial education. This study is concerned with the development of respectability in American Methodism. It also explores questions on how Bangs and other leaders dealt with in-house conflicts on issues related to race, slavery, and the poor.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781666713985
Publisher: Cascade Books
Publication date: 03/07/2023
Series: Wesleyan and Methodist Explorations
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 244
File size: 10 MB

About the Author

Daniel F. Flores is the university librarian and Sappenfield Chair of Library Science at Texas Lutheran University and an elder in the Rio Texas Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. He served as general editor and contributor of Los Profetas: The Prophetic Role of Hispanic Churches in America (2022). Dr. Flores lives in Seguin with his wife Rev. Dr. Thelma Herrera Flores.



Daniel F. Flores is senior librarian and associate professor of Wesleyan studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. His is an ordained elder in The United Methodist Church. He served as general editor and contributor of Los Profetas: The Prophetic Role of Hispanic Churches in America (2022). Dr. Flores is married to Rev. Dr. Thelma Herrera Flores, an ordained deacon and author of La Mesa Campesina: a congregational resource for ministry with migrant and agricultural farmworkers (2024).
Russell E. Richey, Dean Emeritus of Candler School of Theology and William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Church History Emeritus, is author or editor of twenty books, including Denominationalism(1977, 2010) and Reimagining Denominationalism (1994, 2010).
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