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Book SynopsisThe music, religion, and relationships of the exceptional Wesley familyTrade Review"A major contribution to our understanding of church music, the Wesley family, and concert life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by leading experts in the field. There is truly no competitor for this volume."--David W. Music, author of Christian Hymnody in Twentieth-Century Britain and America: An Annotated Bibliography"Excellent collection of essays. . . . The Wesley family was a remarkable dynasty and Music and the Wesleys is a significant contribution to the examination of their legacy."--The Journal of the Association of Anglican MusiciansTable of ContentsEditors' Preface vii Family Tree ix Abbreviations xi Introduction xiiiNicholas Temperley PART 1: MUSIC AND METHODISM 1. John Wesley, Music, and the People Called Methodists 3Nicholas Temperley 2. Charles Wesley and the Music of Poetry 26J. R. Watson 3. Psalms and Hymns and Hymns and Sacred Poems: Two Strands of Wesleyan Hymn Collections 41Robin A. Leaver 4. John Frederick Lampe's Hymns on the Great Festivals and Other Occasions 52 Martin V. Clarke 5. Methodist Anthems: The Set Piece in English Psalmody (1750-1850) 52Sally Drage 6. The Music of Methodism in Nineteenth-Century America 77Anne Bagnall Yardley 7. Eucharistic Piety in American Methodist Hymnody (1786-1889) 88Geoffrey C. Moore 8. The Musical Settings of Charles Wesley's Hymns (1742 to 2008) 103Carlton R. YoungPART 2: THE WESLEY MUSICIANS 9. Style, Will, and the Environment: Three Composers at Odds with History 121Stephen Banfield 10. Charles Wesley's Family and the Musical Life of Bristol 141Jonathan Barry 11. Pictorial Precocity: John Russell's Portraits of Charles and Samuel Wesley 154Peter S. Forsaith 12. Harmony and Discord in the Wesley Family Concerts 164Alyson McLamore 13. Father and Sons: Charles, Samuel, and Charles the Younger 175Philip Olleson 14. Samuel Wesley as an Antiquarian Composer 183Peter Holman 15. The Anthem Texts and Word Setting of Sebastian Wesley 200Peter Horton 16. The Legacy of Sebastian Wesley 216Stephen Banfield and Nicholas Temperley Appendix 1: Catalogue of Compositions by Charles Wesley the Younger 231 Methodist Hymnals Cited 242 Bibliography 245 Contributors 263 Index 267

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A wonderful achievement consisting of a trove of letters from a family living plain lives in central Illinois in the middle of the nineteenth century. Plain lives? Very many deaths from cholera and measles and other means, family strains, feuds, the moral rigor of the Methodist Church, and then the war came. People wear out. There's material here for a dozen novels: 'Mr. Pitner was turned out of the church in March, for selling men and women into perpetual bondage, as the people said. He takes it very hard, he says he has had a great deal of trouble, and we know he has for his sister was burned to death, and his two sons was drowned just at the time they began to be of some service to him but he says that this afaire hurts him worse than all the others, as he knows he is innocent of the charges brought against him. . .'"--Ward Just"Meticulously edited, the Dumville family letters vividly evoke everyday life for ordinary women in mid-19th century rural America. As the writers describe their hopes, dreams, and fates, this unique archive lets us hear voices that are often silenced, neglected or simply lost."--Robert Dingwall, chair of the American Sociological Association ™s Section on Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis"A very useful discussion of women's place in rural Midwestern communities; the impact of the Civil War on family life; and the texture of life in these small, central Illinois towns. I don't know of any other collection quite like it."--Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, author of Always Plenty to Do: Growing Up on a Farm in the Long Ago"The editors have a good understanding of everyday life in the rural Midwest in the mid-nineteenth century. The conclusions they draw are based solidly on the evidence provided by the letters and are informed by scholarship in the field."--Marilyn F. Motz, coeditor of Making the American Home: Middle-Class Women and Domestic Material Culture, 1840–1940"Anne M. Heinz and John P. Heinz show the impact and importance of family letters. . . . This work introduces the reader to the world of everyday people hanging onto their faith to see them through a tough time in American history."--Journal of Illinois History"A remarkable story of the everyday lives and extraordinary events of mid-nineteenth century America. The editors have made a strong case for the vibrancy and historical significance of women's personal writings. . . . Like intellectual fingerprints on the ledger of history, each letter reveals the distinctiveness of each woman's view of herself and the world around her. Thanks to the solid editorial work by the Heinzs, the voices of commoners, of lower-class people, of women in the American heartland struggling to control their destinies, are now heard and cherished."--Civil War Book Review

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Book SynopsisThe music, religion, and relationships of the exceptional Wesley familyTrade Review"A major contribution to our understanding of church music, the Wesley family, and concert life in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by leading experts in the field. There is truly no competitor for this volume."--David W. Music, author of Christian Hymnody in Twentieth-Century Britain and America: An Annotated Bibliography"Excellent collection of essays. . . . The Wesley family was a remarkable dynasty and Music and the Wesleys is a significant contribution to the examination of their legacy."--The Journal of the Association of Anglican MusiciansTable of ContentsEditors' Preface vii Family Tree ix Abbreviations xi Introduction xiiiNicholas Temperley PART 1: MUSIC AND METHODISM 1. John Wesley, Music, and the People Called Methodists 3Nicholas Temperley 2. Charles Wesley and the Music of Poetry 26J. R. Watson 3. Psalms and Hymns and Hymns and Sacred Poems: Two Strands of Wesleyan Hymn Collections 41Robin A. Leaver 4. John Frederick Lampe's Hymns on the Great Festivals and Other Occasions 52 Martin V. Clarke 5. Methodist Anthems: The Set Piece in English Psalmody (1750-1850) 52Sally Drage 6. The Music of Methodism in Nineteenth-Century America 77Anne Bagnall Yardley 7. Eucharistic Piety in American Methodist Hymnody (1786-1889) 88Geoffrey C. Moore 8. The Musical Settings of Charles Wesley's Hymns (1742 to 2008) 103Carlton R. YoungPART 2: THE WESLEY MUSICIANS 9. Style, Will, and the Environment: Three Composers at Odds with History 121Stephen Banfield 10. Charles Wesley's Family and the Musical Life of Bristol 141Jonathan Barry 11. Pictorial Precocity: John Russell's Portraits of Charles and Samuel Wesley 154Peter S. Forsaith 12. Harmony and Discord in the Wesley Family Concerts 164Alyson McLamore 13. Father and Sons: Charles, Samuel, and Charles the Younger 175Philip Olleson 14. Samuel Wesley as an Antiquarian Composer 183Peter Holman 15. The Anthem Texts and Word Setting of Sebastian Wesley 200Peter Horton 16. The Legacy of Sebastian Wesley 216Stephen Banfield and Nicholas Temperley Appendix 1: Catalogue of Compositions by Charles Wesley the Younger 231 Methodist Hymnals Cited 242 Bibliography 245 Contributors 263 Index 267

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Book SynopsisNorthern New England, a rugged landscape dotted with transient settlements, posed challenges to the traditional town church in the wake of the American Revolution. This book examines how migrants adapted their understanding of religious community and spiritual space to survive in the harsh physical surroundings of the region.Trade Review[A]n ambitious and engaging piece of scholarship. . . Rally the Scattered Believers promises to complement classic and much-respected works on Vermont's religious communities during this period. . . More significant than the book's engagement with that earlier scholarship is its contribution to recent and ongoing scholarly discussion about the place of religion in early American life. Balik's New England is a religious place. . . [H]er interesting new book provides an alternative to other recent books that see more of the secular than the sacred in America's past.83.1 Winter/Spring 2015 * Vermont History *I strongly recommend Balik's book for those studying colonial religious landscapes and heritages not only in New England, but in the nineteenth-century religious diasporas that swept the continent with varying mixes of European colonials and also African and Asian heritages. -- Stanley D. Brunn * University of Kentucky *Rally the Scattered Believers is an important new interpretation of how religious change shaped American cultural identity in the early republic. * Journal of American History *[A] deeply researched and meticulously sourced book. . . [R]eading Rally the Scattered Believers helped me to consider anew the centrality of place—and the differing ways that religious organizations organize space—in understanding religious history.9/22/14 * Religion in American History *The book's meticulous coverage of the spread of these faiths and its interpretation through the lens of geography is a strength. . . . Recommended. * Choice *Using church and town records, the personal writings and correspondence of laity and clergy, books, pamphlets, and religious periodicals, Balik has written an engaging, ground-level religious history with larger implications. * Journal of the Early Republic *Shelby Balik's deeply researched 'Rally the Scattered Believers: Northern New England's Religious Geography' offers a finely grained picture of that era of burgeoning development. . . . Balik's book delivers one of the best histories of precisely what the 'Second Great Awakening' amounted to in northern New England. Dec 2015 * American Historical Review *Balik's exhaustively researched book represents the most comprehensive and important study of northern New England's religious history published to date. It is also a significant contribution to a small body of scholarship on the spatial study of religion. . . . In sum, this is a major work of extraordinary scholarship. * Church History *Table of ContentsForeword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. SteinAcknowledgmentsA Note on Places Introduction: Churching the Northern Wilds1. No Schism in the Body: The Town Church in Crisis2. Zion Travels: The Itinerant Enterprise3. Scrambling for the Right: Disestablishment and the Town Church4. 'Tis All on Fire: Landscapes of Religious Community5. Fairly Missionary Ground: The Congregationalist Turn to Itinerancy6. A City Set on a Hill: Northern New England's New Religious GeographyConclusion: A Place of ParadoxesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA Country Strange and Far considers how and why the Methodist Church failed in the Pacific Northwest and how place can affect religious transplantation and growth.Trade Review"This bioregional treatment is a significant addition to the literature on Methodism in the Northwest."—W. L. Pitts Jr., Choice"McKenzie's study makes a valuable contribution because it reminds readers of the important role of religion in America, and it illuminates another of the many dimensions of Pacific Northwest history."—Melinda Marie Jetté, Oregon Historical Quarterly"Regional histories like this one add nuance to the varied ways the Christian movement adapts or fails to adapt with changing cultural realities."—Benjamin L. Hartley, Methodist History“In this artfully crafted book, McKenzie uses architecture as one indicator of the movement of the Methodist church from being a sect focused on discipline and saving souls to accommodating itself to the upwardly mobile status of its congregants, thus losing resonance with the common person. The focus on the Pacific Northwest makes this book an original contribution to our understanding of the importance of geography in understanding religious demographics.”—Donald E. Miller, author of Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium“Employing a bioregional lens to do a close reading of Methodist history in the Pacific Northwest, McKenzie gives sinew and flesh to the claim that the region’s character has always been and remains an actor in the fates and fortunes of religion in this place. A Country Strange and Far is an insightful contribution to understanding the dynamics of regional religion and a refreshing approach to denominational history.”—Patricia O’Connell Killen, coeditor of Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest: The None Zone “Michael McKenzie’s lively narrative of the Methodist efforts to establish a foothold in the Pacific Northwest brings fresh insight into the early religious landscape of the region. McKenzie’s story not only brings to life traditional Methodist figures but details the challenges presented by indifferent immigrants, Indigenous peoples, natural geography, and urbanity. This is a very welcome addition to the study of religion in the Pacific Northwest.”—Dale Soden, author of Outsiders in a Promised Land: Religious Activists in Pacific Northwest History“McKenzie draws on a variety of sources to analyze the mindsets of evangelists, Native peoples, public officials, and settler families as they faced shattering hardships and disillusionments. Carefully researched and smoothly written, his study outlines a classic American drama: idealists struggling in vain to claim and subdue a new region.”—Albert Furtwangler, author of Bringing Indians to the Book“A compelling, original new history, A Country Strange and Far reveals that efforts to establish the Methodist Church in the Pacific Northwest were confounded by the region itself. Through rich storytelling and nuanced analysis, Michael McKenzie sheds new light on the relationship between place and religion and significantly deepens our understanding of the roots of the Pacific Northwest’s distinct secularity.”—Tina Block, author of The Secular Northwest: Religion and Irreligion in Everyday Postwar LifeTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Prologue: Listening to Janus Acknowledgments Introduction: Death of the Old Gods 1. A Man Overwhelmed 2. Broken Is the Tie That Binds 3. Miracle in the Valley? 4. A Damned Hilly Place 5. The Peopled Cities 6. Dry and Scattered 7. As the Lion Lay Dying Epilogue: Just a Few Bones Notes Bibliography Index

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