Wesley and the Wesleyans Religion in Eighteenth-Century Britain [Paperback]

A revisionary assessment of the Wesleyans and the Church of England in the eighteenth century.This book is a critical contribution to the history of Britain and the United States which shows how the search for personal supernatural power lay at the heart of the so-called eighteenth-century English evangelical revival. It rejects the view that the Wesleys rescued the British from moral and spiritual decay by reviving primitive Christianity, and as such will interest anyone concerned with the history of Methodism and the Church of England, the Evangelical tradition, and eighteenth-century religious thought and experience.This book is a critical contribution to the history of Britain and the United States which shows how the search for personal supernatural power lay at the heart of the so-called eighteenth-century English evangelical revival. It rejects the view that the Wesleys rescued the British from moral and spiritual decay by reviving primitive Christianity, and as such will interest anyone concerned with the history of Methodism and the Church of England, the Evangelical tradition, and eighteenth-century religious thought and experience.A critical contribution to the history of Britain and the U.S., this book demonstrates how the search for personal supernatural power lay at the heart of the so-called eighteenth-century English evangelical revival. John Kent rejects the view that the Wesleys rescued the British from moral and spiritual decay by reviving primitive Christianity. The study is of interest to everyone concerned with the history of Methodism and the Church of England, the Evangelical tradition, and eighteenth-century religious thought and experience.1. The Protestant recovery; 2. Early Wesleyanism, 174070; 3. Later Wesleyanism, 17701800; 4. Women in Wesleyanism; 5. Anglican responses; 6. Conclusions. What John Kent has achieved is to provide a different emphasis which allows us to see the religious movement Wesley created in a new light. This emilS¨