John Wesley's Political World - Glen O’Brien

John Wesley's Political World

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Buch | Softcover
218 Seiten
2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-13069-9 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
This book employs a global history approach to explore John Wesley’s writings, contributing to eighteenth-century religious history and to Wesley Studies with primary sources and recent secondary literature, placing Wesley’s writings in their global political context.
This book employs a global history approach to John Wesley’s (1703–1791) political and social tracts. It stresses the personal element in Wesley’s political thought, focusing on the twin themes of ‘liberty and loyalty’. Wesley’s political writings reflect on the impact of global conflicts on Britain and provide insight into the political responses of the broader religious world of the eighteenth century.

They cover such topics as the nature and origin of political power, economy, taxes, trade, opposition to slavery and to smuggling, British rule in Ireland, relaxation of anti-Catholic Acts, and the American Revolution. Glen O’Brien argues that Wesley’s political foundations were less theological than they were social and personal. Political engagement was exercised as part of a social contract held together by a compact of trust.

The book contributes to eighteenth-century religious history, and to Wesley Studies in particular, through a fresh engagement with primary sources and recent secondary literature in order to place Wesley’s writings in their global political context.

Glen O'Brien is Research Coordinator at Eva Burrows College within the University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia. He is a Research Fellow of the Australasian Centre for Wesleyan Research and an Honorary Fellow of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre, UK.

1. Introduction: Liberty and Loyalty in the Atlantic World 2. The Divine Right of Rulers 3. Resisting the Patriot Mob 4. The ‘Execrable Villainy’ of the Slave Trade 5. The Work of God in North America 6. The State of the Nation and its People 7. Keeping ‘the Papists’ in Order 8. Conclusion: Politics as a Subset of the Drama of Salvation Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Methodist Studies Series
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Christentum
ISBN-10 1-032-13069-5 / 1032130695
ISBN-13 978-1-032-13069-9 / 9781032130699
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