The Evangelist of Desire: John Wesley and the Methodists - Softcover

Abelove, Henry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804721572 ISBN 13: 9780804721578

Publisher: Stanford University Press, 1992

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About this title

From Library Journal:

"My theme is seduction, resistance, and the cultural consequences of both," says the author (history, Wesleyan Univ.) in the preface to this eminently readable account of Methodist social history. His particular thrust is to detail John Wesley's immediate and cumulative influence on his Methodist followers and to show what it meant in both personal and sociohistorical terms. To devote more space to chronicling the fascinating effect of Wesley on his flock, Abelove presupposes a working knowledge of Methodist history. But though the book is academic in tone, its pace and scope never fail to engage. Highly recommended for seminary and religion collections. (Pictures not seen).
- Sandra Collins, Trinity Sch. for Ministry, Ambridge, Pa.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

"This book does not disappoint an expectation of fresh, as well as deeply founded, insights into Wesley's influence. . . . It is cumulatively persuasive." (Eighteenth Century Studies)

About this edition

• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0804721572
• ISBN 13: 9780804721578
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152