| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 199 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Methodist studies series |
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Routledge Methodist studies series.
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| Contents |
Methodism and the defence of literature: an introduction -- Methodist literary culture: literacy and grace -- Wesley's Christian library: practicality, controversy, and the Methodist canon -- Wesley in the literary sphere: the Methodist miscellany -- Wesleyan poetics: practical divinity, and the function of literature -- Negotiating nonconformity: practical divinity and the politics of Methodist hymnody -- Experience, experiment, and Wesley's spiritual autobiography |
| Summary |
"John Wesley (1703-1791), leader of British Methodism, was one of the most prolific literary figures of the eighteenth century, responsible for creating and disseminating a massive corpus of religious literature and for instigating a sophisticated programme of reading, writing and publishing within his Methodist Societies. John Wesley, Practical Divinity and the Defence of Literature takes the influential genre of practical divinity as a framework for understanding Wesley's role as an author, editor and critic of popular religious writing. It asks why he advocated the literary arts as a valid aspect of his evangelical theology, and how his Christian poetics impacted upon the religious experience of his followers."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-197) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Wesley, John, 1703-1791.
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| SUBJECT |
Wesley, John, 1703-1791 fast (OCoLC)fst00036627 |
| Subject |
Methodism.
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Methodist Church -- England -- Clergy
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Christian literature -- History and criticism
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Methodist.
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Christian literature.
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Methodism.
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Methodist Church -- Clergy.
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England.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203729694 |
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0203729692 |
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9781351395960 |
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1351395963 |
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9781351395977 |
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1351395971 |
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9781351395953 |
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1351395955 |
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0367891581 |
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9780367891589 |
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