Pain, passion and faith : revisiting the place of Charles Wesley in early Methodism / Joanna Cruickshank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cruickshank, Joanna, 1974-

Series:

Pietist and Wesleyan studies ; no. 31.

Revitalization: explorations in world Christian movements

Pietist and Wesleyan studies ; 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Suffering.

Pain--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Pain.

Methodist Church--Hymns--History and criticism.

Methodist Church.

Methodist Church--Doctrines.

Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788.

Wesley, Charles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Scarecrow Press ; [Wilmore, Ky.] : Center for the Study of World Christian Revitalization Movements, 2009.

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.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Pain, Passion and Christian Faith; Chapter One: Revisiting Charles Wesley; Chapter Two: Revisiting the Hymns of Charles Wesley; Chapter Three: Sorrow, Sight and Transformation; Chapter Four: Suffering and the Christian Story; Chapter Five: Suffering and the Sanctified Self; Chapter Six: Suffering and the Sympathetic Community; Conclusion: Charles Wesley and Early Methodism; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-31300-7

0-8108-7398-2

1-299-13585-4

OCLC:

853360281