"Breaking the System": How the Methodist Student Movement Motivated a Generation to Challenge Their Denomination’s Segregationist Polity

The Methodist Student Movement (MSM) emerged just before the 1939 denominational inauguration and catalyzed engaged youth within the Methodist Church. Facilitated through national to local leadership, it aimed at educating and empowering young adults via Wesley Foundations, National Conferences, and...

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Subtitles:"Break the System"
"Breaking the System"
Main Author: Chastain, Emily Nelms (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2025
In: Wesley and Methodist studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 17, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-90
IxTheo Classification:CH Christianity and Society
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBQ North America
KDG Free church
Further subjects:B "Central Jurisdiction"
B "American Methodist history"
B "Methodist student movement"
B "Wesley Foundation"
B desegregation
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