Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
The Relationship Between The Methodist Church, Slavery And Politics, 1784-1844, Brian D. Lawrence
The Relationship Between The Methodist Church, Slavery And Politics, 1784-1844, Brian D. Lawrence
Theses and Dissertations
The Methodist church split in 1844 was a cumulative result of decades of regional instability within the governing structure of the church. Although John Wesley had a strict anti-slavery belief as the leader of the movement in Great Britain, the Methodist church in America faced a distinctively different dilemma. Slavery proved to be a lasting institution that posed problems for Methodism in the United States and in the larger political context. The issue of slavery plagued Methodism from almost its inception, but the church functioned well although conflicts remained below the surface. William Capers, James Osgood Andrew, and Freeborn Garrettson …
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 17, No. 1, Alta Schrock, Mac E. Barrick, Phares H. Hertzog, Ruth Hawthorne, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Robert Boyd, Don Yoder, Friedrich Krebs
Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 17, No. 1, Alta Schrock, Mac E. Barrick, Phares H. Hertzog, Ruth Hawthorne, Victor C. Dieffenbach, Robert Boyd, Don Yoder, Friedrich Krebs
Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine
• The Council of the Alleghenies
• Lewis the Robber in Life and Legend
• Snakes and Snakelore of Pennsylvania
• The Folklore Repertory of a Third-Grade Class
• Weather Signs and Calendar Lore from the "Dumb Quarter"
• Hardships of Circuit-Rider Life on the Pennsylvania-Ohio Frontier
• Eighteenth-Century Emigration from the Duchy of Zweibrucken
• Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 5: The Pennsylvania Folk-Dance Tradition