Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. John Wesley and the Origins of Methodism 11
6. Methodist Origins in Atlantic Canada 32
7. Laurence Coughlan and the Origins of Methodism in Newfoundland 53
8. William Black, Henry Alline, and Nova Scotia’s First Great Awakening 79
9. "Give All You Can": Methodists and Charitable Causes in Nineteenth-Century Nova Scotia 92
10. Methodism and the Problem of Methodist Identity in Nineteenth-Century New Brunswick 107
11. Prince Edward Island Methodist Prelude to Church Union, 1925 127
12. Methodism and Education in the Atlantic Provinces, 1800-1874 147
13. The Golden Age of the Church College: Mount Allison’s Encounter with "Modern Thought," 1850–1890 169
14. Methodism and Methodist Poets in the Early Literature of Maritime Canada 189
15. "In the Garden of Christ": Methodist Literary Women in Nineteenth-Century Maritime Canada 205
16. Methodism and EJ. Pratt: A Study of the Methodist Background of a Canadian Poet and Its Influence on His Life and Work 218
17. The Singer’s Response to the Word: Charles Wesley’s Hymns of Invitation 237
18. Methodist Hymn Tunes in Atlantic Canada 257
19. List of Contributors 269
20. Index 275