Russell E. Richey, author or editor of twenty books and an array of articles on American Methodism, held professorial and administrative posts successively at Drew, Duke, and Emory universities. He is Dean Emeritus of Candler School of Theology and William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Church History Emeritus. He now serves as Visiting Professor at Duke Divinity School.

Richeys book is a thoroughly absorbing and welcome exploration of a subject which, as he himself acknowledges, has been comparatively under-recorded or analysed since Charles A. Johnsons The Frontier Camp Meeting: Religions Harvest Time in 1955.

• Contents ; Introduction: Methodism and the American Woodland ; 1. Wilderness, Shady Grove, and Garden ; 2. Cathedraling the Woods ; 3. A Church Spread into the Wilderness ; 4. Gardening the Wilderness or Machines in the Garden or Tending the Garden ; 5. Two Cities in the Woods, Methodism's Gardening Options: A Concluding Note ; Appendix: John Wesley Preaching under Trees and in Groves ; Notes ; Index

Russell E. Richey, author or editor of twenty books and an array of articles on American Methodism, held professorial and administrative posts successively at Drew, Duke, and Emory universities. He is Dean Emeritus of Candler School of Theology and William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Church History Emeritus. He now serves as Visiting Professor at Duke Divinity School.

Richeys book is a thoroughly absorbing and welcome exploration of a subject which, as he himself acknowledges, has been comparatively under-recorded or analysed since Charles A. Johnsons The Frontier Camp Meeting: Religions Harvest Time in 1955.

• Contents ; Introduction: Methodism and the American Woodland ; 1. Wilderness, Shady Grove, and Garden ; 2. Cathedraling the Woods ; 3. A Church Spread into the Wilderness ; 4. Gardening the Wilderness or Machines in the Garden or Tending the Garden ; 5. Two Cities in the Woods, Methodism's Gardening Options: A Concluding Note ; Appendix: John Wesley Preaching under Trees and in Groves ; Notes ; Index

Russell E. Richey, author or editor of twenty books and an array of articles on American Methodism, held professorial and administrative posts successively at Drew, Duke, and Emory universities. He is Dean Emeritus of Candler School of Theology and William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Church History Emeritus. He now serves as Visiting Professor at Duke Divinity School.

Richeys book is a thoroughly absorbing and welcome exploration of a subject which, as he himself acknowledges, has been comparatively under-recorded or analysed since Charles A. Johnsons The Frontier Camp Meeting: Religions Harvest Time in 1955.

• Contents ; Introduction: Methodism and the American Woodland ; 1. Wilderness, Shady Grove, and Garden ; 2. Cathedraling the Woods ; 3. A Church Spread into the Wilderness ; 4. Gardening the Wilderness or Machines in the Garden or Tending the Garden ; 5. Two Cities in the Woods, Methodism's Gardening Options: A Concluding Note ; Appendix: John Wesley Preaching under Trees and in Groves ; Notes ; Index