Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 3
5. The Making of a Methodist: Mothers and the Perpetuation of Revival 14
6. The College Student: Reason and Religion 38
7. The Pastor: Preaching, Philanthropy, and Christian Perfection 65
8. Professor of Natural Science and Dean of Theology: Baconians, Methodists, and the Higher Criticism 89
9. Chancellor of Victoria University: The Federation of Learning, Culture, and True Religion 114
10. Evangelical Statesman: Doctrine, History, and the Postmillennialism of Church Union 143
11. Conclusion 178
12. Notes 197
13. Bibliography 253
14. Index 275