Wesley
A Guide for the Perplexed
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780567033536
Published: 15/01/2009
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.
Vickers's book is worthy of a positive reception by Wesley experts while also serving as excellent entree into Wesley studies for introductory students--Sanford Lakoff