Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed
Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed

Author: Jason E. Vickers

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2009-04-01

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 0567033538

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As anyone familiar with both the stereotypes and the scholarship related to Wesley knows, tricky interpretive questions abound: was Wesley a conservative, high church Tory or a revolutionary protodemocrat or proto-Marxist? Was he a modern rationalist obsessed with the epistemology of religious belief or a late medieval style thinker who believed in demonic possession and supernatural healing? Was Wesley primarily a pragmatic evangelist or a serious theologian committed to the long-haul work of catechesis, initiation, and formation? Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed sheds new light on Wesley's life and teaching, and aims to help students understand this enigmatic figure.

The Evangelical Counter-Enlightenment
The Evangelical Counter-Enlightenment

Author: William R. Everdell

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-05-21

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 3030697622

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This contribution to the global history of ideas uses biographical profiles of 18th-century contemporaries to find what Salafist and Sufi Islam, Evangelical Protestant and Jansenist Catholic Christianity, and Hasidic Judaism have in common. Such figures include Muḥammad Ibn abd al-Waḥhab, Count Nikolaus Zinzendorf, Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Israel Ba’al Shem Tov. The book is a unique and comprehensive study of the conflicted relationship between the “evangelical” movements in all three Abrahamic religions and the ideas of the Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment. Centered on the 18th century, the book reaches back to the third century for precedents and context, and forward to the 21st for the legacy of these movements. This text appeals to students and researchers in many fields, including Philosophy and Religion, their histories, and World History, while also appealing to the interested lay reader.

Susanna Annesley Wesley (1669-1742)
Susanna Annesley Wesley (1669-1742)

Author: Samuel J. Rogal

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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The life of Susanna Annesley Wesley (1669-1742) represents a complex social and intellectual entity within the context of eighteenth-century life in general. One one level she endured the domestic drudgery associated with the wife of a poor, incompetent rural Church of England rector. On the other, she had, early in her life, developed strong intellectual and theological perceptions, which she complemented with a rigid sense and practice of discipline. Through a discussion of her marriage and her roles as mother and mentor emerges the image of an admittedly dependent woman -- wife and mother -- struggling hard to maintain and advance her own intellectual independence. Book jacket.

Life and Times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley, M.A., Rector of Epworth, and Father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the Founders of TheMethodists
Life and Times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley, M.A., Rector of Epworth, and Father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the Founders of TheMethodists

Author: Luke Tyerman

Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

Published: 2018-11-08

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 9780344937002

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A Biographical Dictionary of 18th Century Methodism: Smo-Sym
A Biographical Dictionary of 18th Century Methodism: Smo-Sym

Author: Samuel J. Rogal

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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This is the seventh volume in a series which presents biographical sketches of all persons who were in any way associated with John and Charles Wesley during the more than 50 years that they travelled throughout Great Britain, as well as in the American colonies and on the European continent. Entries are ranged alphabetically, followed by dates of birth and death (if obtainable) and biographical information and quotes. At the end of each entry, the reader is directed to appropriate sources, the complete titles of which are found in the bibliography.