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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954062203321

Autore

Cruickshank Joanna <1974->

Titolo

Pain, passion and faith : revisiting the place of Charles Wesley in early Methodism / / Joanna Cruickshank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Scarecrow Press

[Wilmore, Ky.], : Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements, 2009

ISBN

979-82-16-31300-7

0-8108-7398-2

1-299-13585-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Pietist and Wesleyan studies ; ; 31

Revitalization: explorations in world Christian movements

Disciplina

287.092

Soggetti

Suffering - Religious aspects - Christianity

Pain - Religious aspects - Christianity

Methodist Church - Hymns - History and criticism

Methodist Church - Doctrines

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Pain, Passion and Christian Faith; Chapter One: Revisiting Charles Wesley; Chapter Two: Revisiting the Hymns of Charles Wesley; Chapter Three: Sorrow, Sight and Transformation; Chapter Four: Suffering and the Christian Story; Chapter Five: Suffering and the Sanctified Self; Chapter Six: Suffering and the Sympathetic Community; Conclusion: Charles Wesley and Early Methodism; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Pain, Passion and Faith: Revisiting the Place of Charles Wesley in Early Methodism is a significant study of the 18th-century poet and preacher Charles Wesley. Wesley was an influential figure in 18th-century English culture and society; he was co-founder of the Methodist revival movement and one of the most prolific hymn-writers in the English language. His hymns depict the Christian life as characterized by a range of intense emotions, from ecstatic joy to profound suffering.