Anti-Methodism and Theological Controversy in Eighteenth-Century England : The Struggle for True Religion Hardback
by Simon (Visiting Research Fellow, Visiting Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin) Lewis
Part of the Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs series
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John Wesley and George Whitefield are remembered as founders of Methodism, one of the most influential movements in the history of modern Christianity.
Characterized by open-air and itinerant preaching, eighteenth-century Methodism was a divisive phenomenon, which attracted a torrent of printed opposition, especially from Anglican clergymen.
Yet, most of these opponents have been virtually forgotten.
Anti-Methodism and Theological Controversy in Eighteenth-Century England is the first large-scale examination of the theological ideas of early anti-Methodist authors.
By illuminating a very different perspective on Methodism, Simon Lewis provides a fundamental reappraisal of the eighteenth-century Church of England and its doctrinal priorities.
For anti-Methodist authors, attacking Wesley and Whitefield was part of a wider defence of 'true religion', which demonstrates the theological vitality of the much-derided Georgian Church.
This book, therefore, places Methodism firmly in its contemporary theological context, as part of the Church of England's continuing struggle to define itself theologically.
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- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:28/12/2021
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
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- ISBN:9780192855756