KEVIN WATSON
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| PRIMITIVE METHODISM IN THE UNITED STATES - A TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVE KEVIN WATSON |
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| The story of Primitive Methodism in the United States is not well known outside the denomination. Beginning as a mission of the British Primitive Methodist Conference in 1829, the American church served as a home away from home for English immigrants in industrial areas of the United States throughout the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, the Primitive Methodist Church retained some of its English roots whilst also finding new avenues of ministry and development. The first historian of American Primitive Methodism was John Acornley, a Lancashire lad and son of an English Primitive Methodist manse. His History of Primitive Methodism in the United States was published in 1909. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Reverend William Fudge is the modern day Primitive Methodist historian and I am grateful to him for allowing me access to the denomination's archives without which my PhD research would actually be impossible (as opposed to just feeling like it's impossible). I am also grateful to Mrs Fudge for making me so welcome on my Pennsylvania research trips. Mrs Fudge is a talented cook to the extent that "she can just boil water and it tastes good." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Loren and Arlene Farrey discovered me in a museum in 1992 and have not managed to shake me off since then. It was Loren who got me particularly interested in pursuing the Primitive Methodist theme and thus I blame him for everything. Over the years, the Farreys have been extremey generous in providing hospitality and it's always nice to stay with someone whose jokes are worse than mine. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The centrepiece of this website is a paper given at the 2002 conference of the Association of British American Nineteenth Century Historians on the transatlantic nature of Primitive Methodism. It is worth noting that there really was only so much I could say in twenty minutes so it's worth checking back here once in a while if you're interested in other aspects of my research. If you have any questions, be they on Primitive Methodist history, genealogy or anything else than do get in touch. If you think you have materials that might be relevant to my research I'd love to hear from you. If you think this website is rubbish, then go look at something else. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click here to read National Identity and Primitive Methodism in the United States |
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| Click here to read extracts from the Primitive Methodist Journal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click here to read some old Primitive Methodist jokes and explore links to other sites of interest. Click here to contact me. |
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