| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 187 pages) |
| Series |
Revitalization: explorations in world Christian movements |
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Pietist and Wesleyan studies ; 31 |
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Revitalization: explorations in world Christian movements.
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Pietist and Wesleyan studies ; no. 31.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Pain, passion and Christian faith -- Revisiting Charles Wesley -- Revisiting the hymns of Charles Wesley -- Sorrow, sight and transformation -- Suffering and the Christian story -- Suffering and the sanctified self -- Suffering and the sympathetic community -- Conclusion: Charles Wesley and early Methodism |
| Summary |
Pain, Passion and Faith: Revisiting the Place of Charles Wesley in Early Methodism is a significant study of the 18th-century poet and preacher Charles Wesley. Wesley was an influential figure in 18th-century English culture and society; he was co-founder of the Methodist revival movement and one of the most prolific hymn-writers in the English language. His hymns depict the Christian life as characterized by a range of intense emotions, from ecstatic joy to profound suffering |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788.
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| SUBJECT |
Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788 fast |
| Subject |
Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Pain -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Methodist Church -- Hymns -- History and criticism
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Methodist Church -- Doctrines
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Methodist.
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Methodist Church -- Doctrines
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Methodist Church -- Hymns
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Pain -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Hymns.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021679361 |
| ISBN |
9780810873988 |
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0810873982 |
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9780810870246 |
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081087024X |
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1299135854 |
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9781299135857 |
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