Contribution of Methodism to Atlantic Canada

✍ Scribed by Charles H.H. Scobie; John Webster Grant

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 292
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Methodism of John Wesley was a vigorous presence in Atlantic Canada from its introduction in the eighteenth century until its incorporation into the United Church of Canada in 1925. The growing body of scholarly writing on religion in the region, however, has concentrated on other denominations. While of recent works have analysed the lives of important Methodist figures in central Canada and identified Methodism as one of the most powerful forces in the formation of Ontario culture, the literature on Methodism in Atlantic Canada is still dominated by previously published works founded on assumptions that must be reassessed. This collection of essays by scholars in several disciplines breaks new ground and rejects some long-accepted stereotypes to provide a better understanding of the culture of Atlantic Canada.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Preface
Introduction
METHODIST ORIGINS IN BRITAIN AND ATLANTIC CANADA
1 John Wesley and the Origins of Methodism
2 Methodist Origins in Atlantic Canada
METHODISM IN NEWFOUNDLAND
3 Laurence Coughlan and the Origins of Methodism in Newfoundland
METHODISM IN NOVA SCOTIA
4 William Black, Henry Alline, and Nova Scotia's First Great Awakening
5 "Give All You Can": Methodists and Charitable Causes in Nineteenth-Century Nova Scotia
METHODISM IN NEW BRUNSWICK
6 Methodism and the Problem of Methodist Identity in Nineteenth-Century New Brunswick
METHODISM IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
7 Prince Edward Island Methodist Prelude to Church Union, 1925
METHODISM AND EDUCATION
8 Methodism and Education in the Atlantic Provinces, 1800–1874
9 The Golden Age of the Church College: Mount Allison's Encounter with "Modern Thought," 1850–1890
METHODISM AND LITERATURE
10 Methodism and Methodist Poets in the Early Literature of Maritime Canada
11 "In the Garden of Christ": Methodist Literary Women in Nineteenth-Century Maritime Canada
12 Methodism and E.J. Pratt: A Study of the Methodist Background of a Canadian Poet and Its Influence on His Life and Work
METHODISM AND HYMNODY
13 The Singer's Response to the Word: Charles Wesley's Hymns of Invitation
14 Methodist Hymn Tunes in Atlantic Canada
List of Contributors
Index
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