Charles Wesley: Poet and Theologian - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0687060966 ISBN 13: 9780687060962

Publisher: Kingswood Books, 1992

Synopsis

Charles Wesley is widely remembered as a significant hymn-writer, especially among Methodists, but he is not often regarded either as a major poet or as an important theologian. He quite often takes second place to his more famous elder brother, John, and frequently disappears in the face of John's role as leader of "the people called Methodists." This volume attempts to rectify these unfortunate misconceptions by demonstrating that Charles Wesley is a figure of primary literary significance in the history of English religious poetry. It also seeks to show that Charles Wesley was a theologian of considerable depth and creativity, and to place his work in the context of a variety of church traditions. The essays in this volume originated in papers presented to the Charles Wesley Publication Colloquium, held at the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ, in the fall of 1989.

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About the Author:

Dr. Steven Kimbrough, Jr., is a Research Fellow of the Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition of the Duke Divinity School.  He is also a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, NJ, and an internationally known scholar and musician who has devoted years to the study of Charles Wesley's verse. He was a Consultant to the Hymnal Revision Committee of The United Methodist Church.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Kingswood Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0687060966
• ISBN 13: 9780687060962
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252
• Editor: Kimbrough JR. S. T.