Charles Wesley and the Struggle for Methodist Identity
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2007
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-929574-6 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-929574-6 (ISBN)
An important new appraisal of the life and ministry of the Anglican minister and Evangelical leader Charles Wesley (1707-88), and his contribution to the early Methodist movement. Gareth Lloyd's study, based on original documents, offers a new perspective on the formative years of a denomination that today has about 80 million members worldwide.
An important new study of the life and ministry of the Anglican minister and Evangelical leader Charles Wesley (1707-88) which examines the often-neglected contribution made by John Wesley's younger brother to the early history of the Methodist movement. Charles Wesley's importance as the author of classic hymns like `Love Divine' and `O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing' is well known, but his wider contribution to Methodism, the Church of England and the Evangelical Revival has been overlooked. Gareth Lloyd presents a new appraisal of Charles Wesley based on his own papers and those of his friends and enemies. The picture of the Revival that results from a fresh examination of one of Methodism's most significant leaders offers a new perspective on the formative years of a denomination that today has an estimated 80 million members worldwide.
An important new study of the life and ministry of the Anglican minister and Evangelical leader Charles Wesley (1707-88) which examines the often-neglected contribution made by John Wesley's younger brother to the early history of the Methodist movement. Charles Wesley's importance as the author of classic hymns like `Love Divine' and `O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing' is well known, but his wider contribution to Methodism, the Church of England and the Evangelical Revival has been overlooked. Gareth Lloyd presents a new appraisal of Charles Wesley based on his own papers and those of his friends and enemies. The picture of the Revival that results from a fresh examination of one of Methodism's most significant leaders offers a new perspective on the formative years of a denomination that today has an estimated 80 million members worldwide.
Gareth Lloyd is Methodist Church Archivist, John Rylands University Library, Manchester.
1. The Epworth experience ; 2. Brothers in arms: the early relationship and shared ministry of John and Charles Wesley ; 3. Co-operation, conflict, and controversy during the early years of the Revival ; 4. Charles Wesley the paradoxical Anglican ; 5. Engagements and marriages ; 6. Methodism in the early 1750s ; 7. Continuing family quarrels and the Methodist opinion of Charles Wesley ; 8. A new phase of Charles Wesley's ministry ; 9. Methodism at the crossroads ; 10. Charles Wesley: his final years and legacy ; 11. Concluding remarks
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.4.2007 |
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Verlagsort | Oxford |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 145 x 223 mm |
Gewicht | 447 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-929574-3 / 0199295743 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-929574-6 / 9780199295746 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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