Wesley and the People Called Methodists: Second Edition
Ebook
Overview
This second edition of Richard P. Heitzenrater’s groundbreaking survey of the Wesleyan movement is the story of the many people who contributed to the theology, organization, and mission of Methodism. This updated version addresses recent research from the past twenty years; includes an extensive bibliography; and fleshes out such topics as the means of grace; Conference: “Large” Minutes: Charles Wesley: Wesley and America; ordination; prison ministry; apostolic church; music; children; Susanna and Samuel Wesley; the Christian library; itinerancy; connectionalism; doctrinal standards; and John Wesley as historian, Oxford don, and preacher.
The practical and theological development of eighteenth-century Methodism.
Outlines the development and growth of Methodism in the eighteenth century. Gives historical context to the theology and mission of early Methodism. Gives the contributions of persons not usually mentioned in Methodist history.
Readers will understand the history of an important religious movement. Readers will be able to see how Methodist theology and mission were products of their time. Readers will have a deeper appreciation of the people who were responsible for the growth of the Methodist movement.
Top Highlights
“Henry VIII took the first major step—separating the English church from the Church of Rome and establishing it under the monarch. A series of personal and political problems moved Henry from a position of ‘Defender of the Faith,’ supporting the papacy against the writings of Luther (in the Assertion of the Seven Sacraments, 1521), to a stance a decade later of declaring himself the head of the Church of England.” (source)
“the primary source of truth, should be seen whole and could provide guidelines for thought and action in many areas” (source)
“came primarily from the pen of Thomas Cranmer a decade earlier” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Wesley and the People Called Methodists: Second Edition
- Author: Heitzenrater, Richard P.
- Publisher: Abingdon Press
- Publication Date: 2013
- ISBN: 9781426765537