John Wesley, Practical Divinity and the Defence of Literature Contributor(s): Salgård Cunha, Emma (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138305022 ISBN-13: 9781138305021 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Methodist - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Literary Criticism | Modern - 18th Century |
Dewey: 287.092 |
LCCN: 2017029017 |
Series: Routledge Methodist Studies |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9.3" (0.90 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: John Wesley (1703-1791), leader of British Methodism, was one of the most prolific literary figures of the eighteenth century, responsible for creating and disseminating a massive corpus of religious literature and for instigating a sophisticated programme of reading, writing and publishing within his Methodist Societies. John Wesley, Practical Divinity and the Defence of Literature takes the influential genre of practical divinity as a framework for understanding Wesley's role as an author, editor and critic of popular religious writing. It asks why he advocated the literary arts as a valid aspect of his evangelical theology, and how his Christian poetics impacted upon the religious experience of his followers. |