Methodism: A Very Short Introduction
Would you like to read a short yet scholarly account of Methodism? This book, part of the Oxford University Press Very Short Introduction series, comes highly recommended. It covers the key people, experiences, practices and message of Methodism, locating it within an industrial society.
In this short book (under 150 small pages) William J. Abraham recounts the origins and motivations of the early methodists, how they started a renewal movement, part of the Great Awakening, in an out-of-touch national church to become, under the hand of God, a worldwide renewal movement. It is no smug account as both the recent decline and future prospects of Methodism are discussed. We are left contemplating what God has in store for the world, another Great Awakening?
Mike Pearson
