John Wesley : A Brand from the Burning - Hardcover

Hattersley, Roy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316860204 ISBN 13: 9780316860208

Publisher: Little Brown, 2002

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The Life of John Wesley portrays the founder of Methodism against a vividly rendered backdrop of the religious, social, and political landscape of eighteenth-century England. Through the power of his personality and the strength of his faith, Wesley became the leader of the English religious revival that arose in opposition to the established Anglican Church, and his theology continues to have an impact on religions worldwide.
Roy Hattersley follows Wesley’s spiritual journey, tracing his constant, often agonizing attempts to define the nature of virtue as well as the path to sanctity. The story of Wesley’s theological progress is vastly enriched by Hattersley’s revealing portrait of Wesley’s complex personality. A genuine scholar, Wesley published more work than any other author of the eighteenth century. He possessed phenomenal energy, traveling huge distances to preach and proselytize. Wesley practiced, as Hattersley writes, “every form of personal discipl

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“This is a first-class biography, lucid and always interesting even on the dogma and theology. Hattersley asks all the right questions and seems incapable of writing a dull page.” —The Independent on Sunday
“Roy Hattersley has written a full and fair biography of a man it is possible to admire but harder to like. He is particularly clearsighted about the nature of Wesley’s theology, which was essentially conservative, and always pragmatic.” —New Statesman

“He [Roy Hattersley] is finely understanding of Wesley’s dogged spiritual journey.”
—Times Literary Supplement

“Hattersley’s achievement is the admirable clarity with which he guides us through his theological labyrinth. With humour and sympathy he explores Wesley’s peculiar psychology within social and religious contexts, so that we can see how his interior quest shaped the greatest popular religious revival of his time.” —Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Brown
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0316860204
• ISBN 13: 9780316860208
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 468