Wesley and the Wesleyans Religion in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Name: Wesley and the Wesleyans Religion in Eighteenth-Century Britain
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ISBN: 9780511037665

ISBN-10: 051103766X

ISBN-13: 9780511037665

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Authors: John Kent

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Wesley and the Wesleyans challenges the cherished myth that at the moment when the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution were threatening the soul of eighteenth-century England, an evangelical revival - led by the Wesleys - saved it. It will interest anyone concerned with the history of Methodism and the Church of England, the Evangelical tradition, and eighteenth-century religious thought and experience. The book starts from the assumption that there was no large-scale religious revival during the eighteenth century. Instead, the role of what is called 'primary religion' - the normal human search for ways of drawing supernatural power into the private life of the individual - is…

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List price: $20.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/28/2005
Binding: E-Book
Language: English




The Protestant recovery



Early Wesleyanism, 1740ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½1770



Later Wesleyanism, 1770ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½1800



Women in Wesleyanism



Anglican responses



Conclusions