The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion : a sect in action in eighteenth-century England
This text provides a study of the operation of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, an important group in early Methodism. It explores how the Connexion developed locally; the identity of its preachers and their training; and the relationship between central direction and local initiative
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9780198263692, 9780191520419, 0198263694, 0191520411
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Abbreviations; Map of the chapels of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion as given in the Plan of Association of 1790; 1. Introduction; 2. The Eighteenth-Century Religious Background; 3. Selina, Countess of Huntingdon: Early Life and the Start of the Connexion; 4. The Life of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion; 5. Trevecca College; 6. Doctrines and Divisions; 7. The Connexion, the Church of England and Dissent; 8. The Connexion in the Last Years of Lady Huntingdon's Life; Annex A. Students of Trevecca College; Annex B. The Plan of Association (1790)
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