Index
Index Abbott, Benjamin, , Abelove, Henry, , –, n, n Abolitionism. See antislavery African American Methodists: conversion of, , , , –, , , –, –; and death, ; enthusiasm of, , –, –, ; as family members, , –, , –, ; kinship of, –; leaders of, , –, ; meeting with white Methodists, , , –, ; women among, –, . See also Allen, Richard; African Methodist Episcopal Church; antislavery African Methodist Episcopal Church, , , Allen, Richard, , , – Amussen, Susan, , n, –n Andrews, Dee, , , , , n, n, n Anglicans. See Church of England antimarriage. See marriage, arguments against anti-Methodist publications, , –, , –, –, n anti-Methodist violence. See mobs antislavery, , , –, antisocial attitudes of Methodists, , –, –, –, , –, , Arminian Magazine, –, , –, n, n, n Arminianism, , , , –, , , n Asbury, Francis, –, n, n, n, n, n; and African Americans , , –, ; as father, , , ; on female preaching, ; and formation of the AME, –; and itinerants, , , ; on marriage, –, , , n, n; and the preacher recall, –; during the Revolution, , –, n, n–; on wealth, Attempt to Show the Folly and Danger of Methodism, An (), , , –, , –, –n Austin, Margaret, , n authority: of individual convert, , –, , –, , –, –, –; of legal families, –, , , –; of Methodist family, –, –, –, –, ; of spiritual fathers, –, , , ; of spiritual mothers, –, –, ; in spousal choice, –, –, –n; of John Wesley, –, –, –, –, –, , ‘‘Bachelor Conference,’’ , n Baker, Frank, , n–, n, n Baptists, , , , n; familial language and, , , ; gender and, , ; growth of, , , , , ; social discipline of, , , , , , , n, n Bennet, Grace. See Murray, Grace Bennet, John, Bloch, Ruth, Boardman, Richard, Bosanquet (Fletcher), Mary: adopting Sarah Lawrence, –, ; childhood of, –; and madness, , ; and marriage to John Fletcher, –, –, n, n; joining Methodist culture, , –; as Methodist leader, , , –, , , n; orphanage of, , –, , – , n; and Sarah Ryan, , –, ; separating from family, –, –, – Bray, Thomas, Index brother, –, n; covenant, –; egalitarian meaning of, , –; preacher as, , , –, , , ; as term of friendship, – Budd, Samuel, Burke, William, – Bush, Elijah, Butler, Jon, , n Calm Address to Our American Colonies, A (), Calvinism, –, , , n, n, n, n, n camp meetings, , –, , , , , n Catholicism, , ; and celibacy, –, , n; compared to Methodism, , , , , n, n, n celibacy: America and England compared, –; debate over, , –; among itinerants , , , –, –; temporal, –, , –, ; for women, –, –, , –, Cheyne, George, , n, n Chauncy, Charles, , n children: disobedience of, , , , , –; in Methodist families, –, , –; spiritual authority of, . See also death, of children Church of England: compared to Methodism , , , , –, ; establishment in America, –, n; Methodists belonging to, –, –, –, –, , –; Methodist challenge to, –, –, –, , , –, n; Methodists ’ separation from, –, –, , ; missionary work of, , –, , , n, n; tolerance in, – circuits (of preachers): assignment of, , – , , –, , , , ; difficulty of, , –, –, –, –; and the Methodist family, , –, –, , , –, n, n. See also local preachers; preachers Clagget, Mrs., Clapham, Ann, Clarissa (), – class: middle, , , , ; upper, , , – , –, –, , –, n; working , , , –, , , , , –n class meetings: of African Americans, , ; for children, ; formation of, –, –; and Methodist family, , , , ; women’s leadership of, , , –, Coke, Thomas, –, –, , –, n, n Colbert, William, , , , Colley, Linda, communities: eighteenth-century, , , , ; Methodist, –, , –, , , , –, , ; Moravian, , , , , – , –; Puritan, ; Shaker, ; slave, Continence of a Methodist Parson, or Divinity in Danger, The (), – conversion, , , , –, –, n.; and ecstatic behavior, , , , n.; of families, –; individual nature of, ; Methodist family’s importance in, , , –; parents’ views of children’s, , ; psychological implications of, –, , , , –; as rupturing nuclear families, –, –, , –, , , n. conversion narratives, , , , –, –, , , ; accounts of marriage in, ; differences between men’s and women’s, , ; and familial language, , , –; sensual language in, ; stages of, – conviction of sin, –, , Cooper, Thomas, , n, n Cott, Nancy, , courtship, , –, , , –, , Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism: A Medley (), –, , , n Crosby, Sarah, –, , , , , , Cutler, Ann, – Davidson, Cathy, Davis, Ann, death, , , , ; of children, –, , –, n; and conversion, , , , –; and Methodist family, –, , – Defoe, Daniel, , n, n Degler, Carl, , n, n Delaware, –, , , , n Designe, Elizabeth (Betty), Designe, Susannah, [3.149.229.253] Project MUSE (2024-04-18 07:36 GMT) Index Dickins, John, Discipline, Methodist: and families, –, n; and rules for preachers, , ; and slavery, –; and social strictures, , , , –, –, n dissent, –, –, –, , –, n., n.; in America, –, ; in England, – dreams, , , , ; of dead Methodists, , –; as providence, , , –, , , Dromgoole, Edward: correspondence with, , , , n; and decision to leave itinerancy, ; as leader, ; family of, , , –, Eastland, Sally, – ecstatic discourse, , , –, –, , , , – Edwards, Jonathan, , – egalitarianism, , , –, –, –, –, Embury, Philip, English civil war, , enthusiasm: American, –; definition of, –, n; and gender, –, –; and mental illness, n, n; satire of, , –, , , n; John Wesley ’s view of, , . See also African American Methodists, enthusiasm of Episcopalians. See Church of England Equiano, Olaudah, exhorters: African American, , ; celibacy of, , , ; definition of, , , –n; examples of, , –, , ; marriage of, , ; publications of, –; role in Methodist family, –, , –, , –; and John Wesley, , , , Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament (), Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God, A (), family: early modern, –, n, n; emotional ties within, –, , ; as metaphor, , –, , –; modern, , –, , –, , n; nuclear, –, – , –, , , , n, n; Victorian , –, , , , ; voluntary bonds of, –, , , , , –. family prayer, –, –n– father: authority in Methodist family, –, , , ; in blood families, , , , –, ; God as, , , , , –, ; spiritual role in Methodist family, , , , , – , –. See also patriarchy; Wesley, Charles, as father to Methodists; Wesley, John, as father to American preachers; Wesley, John, as father to Methodists Female Brethren, femininity. See gender Fetter Lane Society, Filmer, Robert, First Great Awakening, , , , –, , , , –n Fletcher, John, , –, – Fletcher, Mary Bosanquet. See Bosanquet, Mary Fluvanna Conference, – Fogleman, Aaron, , n, n Foundery Society, , , , fraternity, , , –, –, –, , n Garrettson, Catherine. See Livingston, Catherine Garrettson, Freeborn: conversion of, ; emancipating slaves, ; as preacher...
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