..."A repertory of the cataloged holdings of more than 200 libraries that have been reported to the editor or recorded in printed catalogs. Most major Methodist research collections in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and several other European countries are represented, plus the more rarely held items in the collections of many smaller and more specialized libraries. Together, these entries constitute the most comprehensive bibliography in book form of publications by and about the people called Methodists since their beginnings at Oxford in 1729 to the present around the world"--Intro. "The term 'Methodist' is used in its broadest sense to include the Evangelical United Brethren family, Black Methodist, other U.S. Methodist bodies..."--Intro.