{"product_id":"methodism-empire-of-the-spirit-9780300106145","title":"Methodism: Empire of the Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe emergence of Methodism was arguably the most significant transformation of Protestant Christianity since the Reformation. This book explores the rise of Methodism from its unpromising origins as a religious society within the Church of England in the 1730s to a major international religious movement by the 1880s. During that period Methodism refashioned the old denominational order in the British Isles  became the largest religious denomination in the United States  and gave rise to the most dynamic world missionary movement of the nineteenth century. By the end of the nineteenth century  Methodism had circled the globe and was poised to become one of the fastest-growing religious traditions in the modern world. David Hempton  a preeminent authority on the history of Methodism  digs beneath the hard surface of institutional expansion to get to the heart of the movement as a dynamic and living faith tradition. Methodism was a movement of discipline and sobriety  but also of ecstasy and enthusiasm. A noisy  restless  and emotional tradition  Methodism fundamentally reshaped British and American culture in the age of industrialization  democratization  and the rise of empire.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650327699509,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300106149","price":68.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300106145.jpg?v=1781794397","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/methodism-empire-of-the-spirit-9780300106145","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}