Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed) - Hardcover

Vickers, Jason E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 056703352X ISBN 13: 9780567033529

Publisher: T&T Clark, 2009

Synopsis

As anyone familiar with both the stereotypes and the scholarship related to Wesley knows, tricky interpretive questions abound: was Wesley a conservative, high church Tory or a revolutionary protodemocrat or proto-Marxist? Was he a modern rationalist obsessed with the epistemology of religious belief or a late medieval style thinker who believed in demonic possession and supernatural healing? Was Wesley primarily a pragmatic evangelist or a serious theologian committed to the long-haul work of catechesis, initiation, and formation?
Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed sheds new light on Wesley's life and teaching, and aims to help students understand this enigmatic figure.

About this title

About the Author

Jason E. Vickers is Associate Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, USA.

Review

"A strong series of guides, aimed at the student market looking for more than just a basic introduction and overview on the subjects addressed. Each one is well written and contains enough information to get a student well-versed in the subjects at hand and form a strong basis for further study." Reviewed in Publishing News, 2008

'Vickers is to be commended for producing a synoptic vision of John Wesley's thought that is not just a great introduction for beginners but offers important new insights for those who have been studying Wesley for some time. He grounds Wesley in the particularity of eighteenth-century establishment Anglicanism, and uses this grounding to sketch a broad coherence among Wesley's ecclesiastical, political, and theological commitments. His central thesis is a landmark for future studies of these issues.'

Randy L. Maddox, Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies, Duke Divinity School, USA

(Randy L. Maddox)

Vickers's book is worthy of a positive reception by Wesley experts while also serving as excellent entrée into Wesley studies for introductory students (Wesley and Methodist Studies)

'Vickers is to be commended for producing a synoptic vision of John Wesley’s thought that is not just a great introduction for beginners but offers important new insights for those who have been studying Wesley for some time. He grounds Wesley in the particularity of eighteenth-century establishment Anglicanism, and uses this grounding to sketch a broad coherence among Wesley’s ecclesiastical, political, and theological commitments. His central thesis is a landmark for future studies of these issues.’

Randy L. Maddox, Professor of Theology and Wesleyan Studies, Duke Divinity School, USA

(Sanford Lakoff)

Vickers’s book is worthy of a positive reception by Wesley experts while also serving as excellent entrée into Wesley studies for introductory students (Sanford Lakoff)

Edition details

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 056703352X
• ISBN 13: 9780567033529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144