Author: Methodist Episcopal Church. General Conference
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Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 254

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Author: Methodist Episcopal Church. General Conference
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Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Author: Luther Lee
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 516

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Author: Tash Smith
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816598614
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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In 1844, on the heels of the final wave of the forced removal of thousands of Indians from the southern United States to what is now Oklahoma, the Southern Methodist Church created a separate organization known as the Indian Mission Conference to oversee its missionary efforts among the Native communities of Indian Territory. Initially, the Church conducted missions as part of the era’s push toward assimilation. But what the primarily white missionaries quickly encountered was a population who exerted more autonomy than they expected and who used Christianity to protect their culture, both of which frustrated those eager to bring Indian Territory into what they felt was mainstream American society. In Capture These Indians for the Lord, Tash Smith traces the trajectory of the Southern Methodist Church in Oklahoma when it was at the frontlines of the relentless push toward western expansion. Although many Native people accepted the missionaries’ religious practices, Smith shows how individuals found ways to reconcile the Methodist force with their traditional cultural practices. When the white population of Indian Territory increased and Native sovereignty came under siege during the allotment era of the 1890s, white communities marginalized Indians within the Church and exploited elements of mission work for their own benefit. Later, with white indifference toward Indian missions peaking in the early twentieth century, Smith explains that as the remnants of the Methodist power weakened, Indian membership regained control and used the Church to regenerate their culture. Throughout, Smith explores the complex relationships between white and Indian community members and how these phenomena shaped Methodist churches in the twentieth century.

Author: Church of the United Brethren in Christ (1800-1889). General Conference
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Languages : en
Pages : 228

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Author: Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287142108
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Author: Kevin M. Watson
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
ISBN: 0310097770
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 512

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The definitive history of the Wesleyan movement in the United States. An expansive, substantive history of the Wesleyan tradition in the United States, Doctrine, Spirit, and Discipline offers a broad survey of the Methodist movement as it developed and spread throughout America, from the colonial era to the present day. It also provides an theological appraisal of these developments in light of John Wesley's foundational vision. Beginning with Wesley himself, Watson describes the distinctiveness of the tradition at the outset. Then, as history unfolds, he identifies the common set of beliefs and practices which have unified a diverse group of people across the centuries, providing them a common identity through a number of divisions and mergers. In the midst of the sweeping changes happening in Methodism and the pan-Wesleyan movement today, Watson shows that the heart of the Wesleyan theological tradition is both more expansive and substantive than any singular denominational identity. "A fresh, panoramic overview of the history of the Methodist movement. . . Promises to be a standard textbook on the history of Methodism for years to come." —TIMOTHY C. TENNENT, Asbury Theological Seminary

Author: Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 1426

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Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287107633
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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