| Wesley and the Wesleyans: Religion in Eighteenth-Century Britain Contributor(s): Kent, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521455324 ISBN-13: 9780521455329 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $75.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Western Europe - General - Religion | Christianity - Methodist - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 287.094 |
| LCCN: 2002067683 |
| Lexile Measure: 1510 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.97 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A critical contribution to the history of Britain and the U.S., this book demonstrates how the search for personal supernatural power lay at the heart of the so-called eighteenth-century English evangelical revival. John Kent rejects the view that the Wesleys rescued the British from moral and spiritual decay by reviving primitive Christianity. The study is of interest to everyone concerned with the history of Methodism and the Church of England, the Evangelical tradition, and eighteenth-century religious thought and experience. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kent, John: - John Kent is Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Bristol. His many publications include Holding the Fort: Studies in Victorian Revivalism (1978), The End of the Line?: The Development of Theology since 1700 (1982), The Unacceptable Face: The Modern Historian and the Church (1987) and William Temple: Church, State and Society in Britain, 1880 1950 (1993). |