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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777532803321

Autore

Wesley Charles <1707-1788.>

Titolo

Charles Wesley [[electronic resource] ] : a reader / / edited by John R. Tyson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000, 1989

ISBN

0-19-773853-2

0-19-802102-X

1-280-47327-4

1-4237-6057-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (528 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TysonJohn R

Disciplina

287/.092/4

B

Soggetti

Methodist Church - Clergy

Theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Georgia and the Making of a Minister; 2 Charles's Personal Pentecost; 3 The First Fruits of the Methodist Revival; 4 A Man in the Middle; 5 He Offers Christ to All; 6 Out of the Den of the Lion; 7 The Stillness Controversy; 8 The Predestination Controversy; 9 Domestic Life; 10 Christian Perfection and Its Pretenders; 11 The Old Ship; 12 Expositor of Scripture; 13 The Final Days; Appendix: A; Appendix: B; Selected Bibliography; General Index; Index of Selections; Index of Hymns

Sommario/riassunto

Charles was the younger brother of John Wesley and the co-founder of Methodism. Tyson presents a chronologically arranged selection of the journals, sermons, letters, hymns, and poems in such a way as to both outline Wesley's life and illuminate the leading elements of his thought.