Wesley and the Wesleyans: Religion in Eighteenth-Century Britain

ISBN-13: 9780521455558 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 236 str.

John Kent

Opis

A critical contribution to the history of Britain and the U.S., this book demonstrates how the search for personal supernatural power lay at the heart of the so-called eighteenth-century English evangelical revival. John Kent rejects the view that the Wesleys rescued the British from moral and spiritual decay by reviving primitive Christianity. The study is of interest to everyone concerned with the history of Methodism and the Church of England, the Evangelical tradition, and eighteenth-century religious thought and experience.

Recenzje

'For anyone interested in the role of religion in public life, Wesley and the Wesleyans provokes timely thought.' Scottish Journal of Theology

Spis treści

1. The Protestant recovery; 2. Early Wesleyanism, 1740–70; 3. Later Wesleyanism, 1770–1800; 4. Women in Wesleyanism; 5. Anglican responses; 6. Conclusions.