Pain, Passion and Faith [[electronic resource] ] : Revisiting the Place of Charles Wesley in Early Methodism

• Autore: Cruickshank Joanna
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, : Scarecrow Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Disciplina: 287
• Soggetto topico: Methodist Church - Doctrines; Methodist Church - History and criticism; Methodist Church - Hymns - History and criticism; Pain - Religious aspects - Christianity; Suffering - Religious aspects - Christianity; Wesley, Charles
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pain, Passion and Faith
• ISBN: 0-8108-7398-2; 1-299-13585-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452400903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pietist and Wesleyan Studies