The Welsh Methodist Society by Eryn Mant White - 9781786835796

The Welsh Methodist SocietyThe Early Societies in South-west Wales 1737-1750\nAuthor(s): Eryn Mant White\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Wales Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: University of Wales Press\nISBN-13: 9781786835796, 978-1786835796\nSynopsis\nThe evangelical or Methodist revival had a major impact on Welsh religion, society and culture, leading to the unprecedented growth of Nonconformity by the nineteenth century, which established a very clear difference between Wales and England in religious terms. Since the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist movement did not split from the Church to form a separate denomination until 1811, it existed in its early years solely as a collection of local society meetings. By focusing on the early societies in south-west Wales, this study examines the grass roots of the eighteenth-century Methodist movement, identifying the features that led to its subsequent remarkable success. At the heart of the book lie the experiences of the men an.