Wesley and the Wesleyans

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 Method...

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Autres titres:Wesley & the Wesleyans
Auteur principal: Kent, John (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002.
Dans:Année: 2002
Recensions:[Rezension von: Kent, John, Wesley and the Wesleyans...] (2004) (Glen, Robert)
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Wesley, John 1703-1791 / England / Methodism
Sujets non-standardisés:B Wesley, John ; 1703-1791
B Methodist Church (England) History
B Wesley, John (1703-1791)
B Methodist Church ; England ; History
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
Print version: 9780521455329
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Résumé: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 analysed in terms of the emergence of the Wesleyan societies from the Church of England. The Wesleys' achievements are reassessed; there is fresh, unsentimental description of the role of women in the movement, and an unexpectedly sympathetic picture emerges of Hanoverian Anglicanism.
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ISBN:0511841108
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511841101