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TM105 Methodist Studies

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Methodist Studies

What is this Module all about?
Useful resources for TM105
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This course introduces students to the history and doctrines of their own Christian Tradition At present only a Methodist module is available which is compulsory for all Methodist Foundation students. It provides an opportunity to study the distinctive emphases in doctrine and practice of the Methodist Church, its origins, its theology, some perspectives on its present nature and discussions on its future, alongside its relationship with other denominations.

Methodist Studies

Welcome to the TM105 Methodist Studies web page. This page is designed to provide useful resources for those studying or about to study TM105 with WEMTC. If you have found useful resources or have questions you would like ask, please do contribute. Please note: THIS PAGE HAS NOT YET BEEN UPDATED FOR THE NEW COURSE nevertheless the old course is fairly similar. Jon, Steve and Paul you are anyway on this old course. The new course will start for Josette, Stephen and David next year.

What is this Module all about?

TM105 is a general Introduction to Methodist Studies for first year Foundation students. The class is taught at University Level One. Topics covered include Methodist origins in the Eighteenth Century; the Wesleys; Perspectives on British Methodism including the Connexion, the place of the Methodist Church in the community, Mission in Britain and overseas and Social Witness; Methodist Theology and the Present and Future of British Methodism. These are studied in a broadly academic environment acknowledging the various methods of modern scholarship but with a view to understanding how this greater knowledge can enhance our ministry and service within the Church. Click here for:

Useful resources for TM105

Books

The following are core books for this subject:

Heitzenrater, P. Wesley and the People Called Methodists, Nashville, 1995.
Tabraham, B. The Making of Methodism, Peterborough, 1995.
Turner, J. Munsey Methodism in England, 1932-1998, Peterborough, 1998.
Outler, A. (ed.) John Wesley, New York, 1964.
Langford, T. Methodist Theology, Peterborough, 1999.
Craske, J. and Marsh, C. Methodism and the Future, London, 1999
Cracknell, K. Our Doctrines: Methodist Theology as Classical Christianity, Calver, 1998

For more detailed bibliographies see our Sample book lists.
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TM105 Methodist Web Resources

You may find the following web sites helpful when studying Methodist Studies. Material on the net has no quality control making tutors very wary - and rightly so! Nevertheless there is a growing amount of first class academic work on line particularly coming from Religious Studies Departments of good Universities. Treat with care and you'll find it very useful for essays.

The Internet is not 100% reliable and documents move, disappear and change their names. If you find a link does not work, try again in an hour, a day, or a week. But do feel free to email us to report a link doesn't work. Don't forget to tell us the name of the link!

History of Methodism

Methodism in the Victorian Era: A great site for anything Victorian including general histories of Methodism in the Victorian Age (under dissenters). See also some discussion on reasons for Methodism growing.
John Rylands Library on Methodism: The John Rylands University Library of Manchester - Methodist Archives and Research Centre. See especially for Methodist Texts online. The Methodist Archives and Research Centre (MARC) was established by the Methodist Church of Great Britain in 1961 to house the Connexional records of the church

Methodist Church in England

Methodist Church of Great Britain: Official web site
Methodist Church, Bristol District: The Bristol District homepage with plenty of links to whats going on and what's what!
Methodist Church links: Links to Methodist church districts, etc
Methodist Diaconal Order: The Home Page for the Diaconal Order with a good explanation of what a Deacon is.

John and Charles Wesley

Wesley Centre for Applied Theology: This site is designed to provide information concerning the life and works of John Wesley. These resources are intended for those interested in Biblical, Wesleyan, Arminian, and Holiness-Tradition Studies
John Wesley: Sermons, Hymns, etc
The Wesleys and their times: Many links on Charles and John Wesley
John Wesley: An on-line exhibition: The images have been selected from the extensive Wesley collection of manuscripts contained within the Methodist Archives at the John Rylands University Library of Manchester. you can also explore the Archives online.
John Wesley: Prayer Makes History: Wesley and Revival

See the general religion links as a starting point for your own searching

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The Student Spot

This spot is for contributions from those who are doing or have done TM105. It needs your contributions - books that have been helpful, questions you would like answered, adverts for things related to the module etc. Content is monitored by the webmaster with reference to the tutors and class reps if necessary. Click here to submit something for the page.

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Resources Addition Form

Unfortunately we have had to disable the online contribution form as it has been targeted by spammers who have filled the mail box with contributions mainly to do with online gambling. We still want your contribution so please send a separate email to us (webmaster @ the wemtc address) with your request giving the details set out below. All longer contributions should be scanned for viruses and emailed as an attachment in rtf format. Don't forget to tell us what Module this is a contribution to!

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