Pursuing Social Holiness

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Forerunners of the Early Methodist Band Meeting 2. John Wesley's Structure and Theology of Discipleship 3. The Bands as a Key to the Distinctive Wesleyan Synthesis of Anglican and Moravian Piety 4. ''The Band Was of Great Service to Me'': Early Popular Methodist Experience of the Band Meeting (ca. 1739 - ca. 1765) 5. ''We Had a Heaven among Us'': Transition in the Popular Practice of the Bands (ca. 1766 - ca. 1801) Conclusion Appendices A. Fetter Lane Rules (I) (1738) B. Fetter Lane Rules (II) (1738) C. ''Rules of the Band Societies'' (1738) D. ''Directions Given to the Band Societies' (1744) E. ''A Method of Confession drawn up by Mr Whitefield, for the Use of the Women belonging to the Religious Societies - Taken from the Original, under Mr Whitefield's own Hand'' (1739) F. Excerpt from William Seward's Manuscript Diary on the Importance and Method of Band Meetings (1740) G. ''The Method of Mr. Westlay Band Meetings,'' Samuel Roberts Excerpt from Manuscript Volume H. Of the Right Method of Meeting Classes and Bands, in the Methodist-Societies by the Late Mr. Charles Perronet Notes Bibliography Index