Wesley and Aldersgate: Interpreting Conversion Narratives

ISBN-13: 9780367587437 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Mark K. Olson

Opis

The central aim of this study is to establish Wesley’s interpretation of his Aldersgate experience as it developed from its initial impressions on the night of 24 May 1738 to its mature articulation in the 1770s.

Spis treści

Introduction: Interpreting Conversion Narratives  1 The Riddle of Aldersgate  2 The Sources of Aldersgate  3 The ‘Official’ Version: Part One  4 The ‘Official’ Version: Part Two  5 The ‘Unofficial’ Versions  6 The Corroborating Witnesses  7 The Legacy of Aldersgate  Conclusion: Wesley and Aldersgate  Appendix 1: References to Wesley’s Conversion  Appendix 2: John Wesley’s Conversion in Parallel Accounts

O autorze

Mark K. Olson is Adjunct Faculty at Indiana Wesleyan University and Nazarene Bible College, both in the USA. He has published several books on Wesley including A John Wesley Reader on Eschatology (2011) and John Wesley’s Theology of Christian Perfection (2007) and multiple articles.