The Heart of John Wesleys Journal: A Hendrickson Classic Biography - Hardcover

John Wesley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1619704587 ISBN 13: 9781619704589

Publisher: Hendrickson, 2014

Synopsis

Spanning some fifty-five years, John Wesley recorded his daily experiences in studying, teaching, preaching, and traveling throughout England and then America in the eighteenth century. These selections present an engrossing portrait of Wesley during the course of his travels and evangelistic activities, illuminating the preachers views and opinions on a host of contemporary matters. Wesleys eclectic interests and passion for rational analysis also make his journal a rich source for any reader interested in observing the conditions and values of societyparticularly those of the lower classesthrough the eyes of a well-educated and intelligent gentleman of the time.

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About the Author

John Wesley (17031791) was an eighteenth century Anglican clergyman and Christian theologian who was the founder of the Methodist movement. Methodism had three rises, the first at Oxford University with the founding of the so-called Holy Club, the second while Wesley was parish priest in Savannah, Georgia, and the third in London after Wesleys return to England. The movement took form from its third rise in the early 1740s when Wesley, along with others, began itinerant field preaching and the subsequently founded religious societies for the formation of believers. This was the first widely successful evangelical movement in Britain. Wesleys Methodist Connexion included societies throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland before spreading to other parts of the English-speaking world and beyond. He divided his religious societies further into classes and bands for intensive accountability and religious instruction.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hendrickson
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1619704587
• ISBN 13: 9781619704589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544