Shouting, Embracing, and Dancing with Ecstasy
The Growth of Methodism in Newfoundland, 1774-1874
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2010
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773536715
- Publish Date
- Feb 2010
- List Price
- $125.00
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Description
Contesting previous historical scholarship, Calvin Hollett argues that the growth in Methodism was not the result of clergy-dominated missionary work intended to rescue a degenerated populace. Instead, the author shows how Methodism flourished as a people's movement in which believers in coastal locations were free to experience individual and communal rapture and welcomed at lay revivals in more populous areas. An insightful look at the growth of a religion, Shouting, Embracing, and Dancing with Ecstasy reasserts the importance of laypeople in religious matters, while detailing successful ways to bring the religious experience into daily life.
About the author
Calvin Hollett holds a PhD in history from Memorial University of Newfoundland and is the author of Shouting, Embracing, and Dancing with Ecstasy: The Growth of Methodism in Newfoundland, 1774-1874.