Charles Wesley and the Struggle for Methodist Identity

Lloyd, Gareth

Oxford University Press（2007/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 274 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780199295746
• DDC分類 287.092

Full Description

An important new study of the life and ministry of the Anglican minister and Evangelical leader Charles Wesley (1707-88) which examines the often-neglected contribution made by John Wesley's younger brother to the early history of the Methodist movement. Charles Wesley's importance as the author of classic hymns like `Love Divine' and `O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing' is well known, but his wider contribution to Methodism, the Church of England and the Evangelical Revival has been overlooked. Gareth Lloyd presents a new appraisal of Charles Wesley based on his own papers and those of his friends and enemies. The picture of the Revival that results from a fresh examination of one of Methodism's most significant leaders offers a new perspective on the formative years of a denomination that today has an estimated 80 million members worldwide.

Contents

1. The Epworth experience ; 2. Brothers in arms: the early relationship and shared ministry of John and Charles Wesley ; 3. Co-operation, conflict, and controversy during the early years of the Revival ; 4. Charles Wesley the paradoxical Anglican ; 5. Engagements and marriages ; 6. Methodism in the early 1750s ; 7. Continuing family quarrels and the Methodist opinion of Charles Wesley ; 8. A new phase of Charles Wesley's ministry ; 9. Methodism at the crossroads ; 10. Charles Wesley: his final years and legacy ; 11. Concluding remarks