| Memoirs of the Late REV. John Wesley, A.M.: Volume 3: With a Review of His Life and Writings, and a History of Methodism, from Its Commencement in 172 Contributor(s): Hampson, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108064205 ISBN-13: 9781108064200 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $36.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Religion | Christian Church - History - Biography & Autobiography |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Religion |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.70 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This three-volume account of the life of John Wesley (1703-91) was published in the year of his death. Written by John Hampson (c.1753-1819), a Church of England clergyman and former Methodist preacher, the work also contains a thorough review of Wesley's writings and a history of Methodism. Hampson's excellent overview of contemporary assessments of the preacher is more balanced than John Whitehead's two-volume Life of the Rev. John Wesley (1793-6), which has also been reissued in this series. Volume 3 gives an account of Wesley's death, but is predominantly concerned with a critique of Methodist theology, activity and mode of preaching. It gives a measured assessment of Wesley's character and reflects on the opposition to the work's previous volumes displayed by Wesley's executors, highlighting the struggle over his legacy - a matter of great importance in the history of Methodism. |