Wesley and the Anglicans : political division in early evangelicalism / Ryan Nicholas Danker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Danker, Ryan Nicholas, 1979- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wesley, John, 1703-1791.

Wesley, John.

Methodist Church--Relations--Anglican Communion.

Methodist Church.

Relations.

Anglican Communion.

Anglican Communion--Relations--Methodist Church.

Methodist Church--History--18th century.

Anglican Communion--History--18th century.

Christianity and politics--England.

Christianity and politics.

Evangelicalism--History.

Evangelicalism.

History.

Interfaith relations.

England.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

301 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove : InterVarsity Press, 2016.

Summary:

Why did the Wesleyan Methodists and the Anglican evangelicals divide during the middle of the eighteenth century? Many would argue that the division between them was based narrowly on theological matters, especially predestination and perfection. Ryan Danker suggests, however, that politics was a major factor throughout, driving the Wesleyan Methodists and Anglican evangelicals apart. Methodism was perceived to be linked with the radical and seditious politics of the Cromwellian period. This was a charged claim in a post-Restoration England. Likewise Danker explores the political force of resurgent Tory influence under George III, which exerted more pressure on evangelicals to prove their loyalty to the Establishment. These political realities made it hard for evangelicals in the Church of England to cooperate with Wesley and meant that all their theological debates were politically inflected. Here is a book, rich in detail, for all who seek deeper insight into a critical juncture in the development of evangelicalism and early Methodism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Identity and challenge: defining early English evangelicalism

Movement and conversion: Wesley in the trans-atlantic revival

Propaganda and power: the revival under fire

Politics and polity: Methodist structure and the question of dissent

Enclaves and incursions: the geography of evangelicalism

Eucharist and ethos: the formation of Methodist identity

Hegemony and casualties: the Oxford expulsions of 1768

Vision and divergence: a new Anglican historiography

Constrained to deviate.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Danker, Ryan Nicholas, 1979- author. Wesley and the Anglicans.

ISBN:

9780830851225

0830851224

OCLC:

921867615

Publisher Number:

99967841699