England Before And After Wesley The Evangelical Revival And Social Reform

Author : J. Wesley Bready
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1573835943

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England Before and After Wesley: The Evangelical Revival and Social Reform by J. Wesley Bready Pdf

"John Wesley and Karl Marx, unmistakably, are the two most influential characters of all modern history." So argues J. Wesley Bready in this classic statement on the social significance of the original evangelical movement in Great Britain. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, at least, evangelical religion-as found in the life and teaching of John Wesley-had profound consequences that were anything but an opiate of the people (contra the teachings of Karl Marx). Instead, "vital religion" proved itself to be powerfully transformative, not only in the personal lives of its converts, but also in the deepest fibre of their social and political lives. J. Wesley Bready's careful documentation of the profound social and political influence of John Wesley's preaching and teaching will, for many readers today, prove to be a convincing demonstration of the transformative power of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The power and scope of this evangelical Christian influence was extraordinary: from education to health care; from the needs of the poor and orphans, to prison reform and the founding of democratic institutions; from the promotion of good reading to an end to cruelty to animals (and founding of the RSPCA). All of these, and more, are the hallmarks and outward manifestations of a vital Christian faith. Nothing could illustrate more convincingly that "faith without works is dead" and, contrary to Marx, that the gospel of Jesus Christ more typically serves as a sharp awakening rather than an opiate of the people. Rev. Dr. J. Wesley Bready (1887-1953) was a Canadian-born scholar and author of numerous books, including Wesley and Democracy (1939), Lord Shaftesbury (1900), This Freedom-Whence? (1942), and Faith and Freedom: The Roots of Democracy (1946). He held degrees from Queen's University, University of Toronto, Columbia University, and University of London.

Author : John Wesley Bready
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Religion
ISBN : IND:32000000109217

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England: Before and After Wesley by John Wesley Bready Pdf

Author : John Wesley BREADY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:557627850

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England: Before and After Wesley. The Evangelical Revival and Social Reform. [With Plates.]. by John Wesley BREADY Pdf

Author : John Wesley Bready
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1350140057

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England, Before and After Wesley by John Wesley Bready Pdf

Author : Maldwyn Edwards
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725233249

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After Wesley by Maldwyn Edwards Pdf

Author : J. Ernest Rattenbury
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608991181

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Wesley's Legacy to the World by J. Ernest Rattenbury Pdf

The value of a Francis of Assisi or a John Wesley is not exhausted by their heavenly citizenship. We want to know how they behaved on earth--how they controlled their human passions and made themselves the instruments of God. That aspect gives abiding interest in this book. Dr. Rattenbury has certainly succeeded in treating the story of the Wesleys in a style that will appeal not only to Methodists but to anyone who understands something of the enduring significance of the Evangelical Revival.

Author : John Wesley Bready,American Tract Society
Publisher : New York : American Tract Society
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : WISC:89097208342

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This Freedom - Whence? by John Wesley Bready,American Tract Society Pdf

Author : Gary Scott Smith
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 073910196X

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The Search for Social Salvation by Gary Scott Smith Pdf

In their studies of social Christianity, scholars of American religion have devoted critical attention to a group of theologically liberal pastors, primarily in the Northeast. Gary Scott Smith attempts to paint a more complete picture of the movement. Smith's ambitious and thorough study amply demonstrates how social Christianity--which included blacks, women, Southerners, and Westerners--worked to solve industrial, political, and urban problems; reduce racial discrimination; increase the status of women; curb drunkenness and prostitution; strengthen the family; upgrade public schools; and raise the quality of public health. In his analysis of the available scholarship and case studies of individuals, organizations, and campaigns central to the movement, Smith makes a convincing case that social Christianity was the most widespread, long-lasting, and influential religious social reform movement in American history.

Author : Ivy Press
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1932899669

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Heritage Slater Historical Manuscripts and Autographs Auction Catalog #611 by Ivy Press Pdf

Author : Herbert Schlossberg
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0814208436

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The Silent Revolution and the Making of Victorian England by Herbert Schlossberg Pdf

Schlossberg (senior research associate, the Ethics and Public Policy Center) argues that by the time Victoria became queen in 1837, Victorian culture was already in place. Focusing on the period between the 1790s and the 1840s, he shows how the religious revival that took hold of England's culture constituted a "silent revolution" that formed the basis of Victorian culture. He describes various manifestations of the religious revival, focusing on the main renewal movements in the Church of England and the spread of evangelicalism to dissenting religious groups. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Ian J. Shaw
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783596591

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Evangelicals and Social Action by Ian J. Shaw Pdf

Evangelical Christians around the world have debated for years the extent to which they should be involved in ministries of social action and concern. In Evangelicals and Social Action Ian J. Shaw offers clarity to these debates by tracing the historical involvement of the evangelical church with issues of social action. Focusing on thinking and practices from John Wesley, one of the architects of eighteenth century evangelicalism, to John Stott's work in the second half of the twentieth century, he explores whether evangelism and social action really have been intimately related throughout the history of the church as Stott contended. After an overview of Christian social action prior to Wesley, from the early church through to the eighteenth century, Evangelicals and Social Action explores in detail responses from the evangelical church around the world to eighteen key issues of social action and concern - including poverty, racial equality, addiction, children 'at risk,' slavery, unemployment, and learning disability - encountered between the 1730s and the 1970s. Drawn from a wide range of contexts, these examples illuminate and clarify how Evangelical Christianity has viewed and been a part of ministries of social action over the last three centuries. With an assessment of the issues raised by this historical survey and its implications for evangelicals in the contemporary world, Evangelicals and Social Action is a book that will help better inform the debates around the evangelical church and social action still happening today. This is a book for anyone wanting to deepen their knowledge of the history of the evangelical church, and anyone wanting to better understand Christian social action from an evangelical perspective.

Author : A. Skevington Wood
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597526982

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The Inextinguishable Blaze by A. Skevington Wood Pdf

The extremes of eighteenth-century debauchery and vice depicted by the artist Hogarth were not confined to the poor; the English Prime Minister, Walpole, led the way by his openly immoral life, and his principle of let sleeping dogs lie allowed every kind of public and private corruption to flourish unchecked.Yet side by side with these poisonous weeds there grew the good seed that was to produce the Evangelical Revival--Daniel Rowland and Howell Harris in Wales, Jonathan Edwards in New England, the golden-tongued Whitefield in England and Scotland, and the two Wesleys, who took the world for their parish. While these and others helped to save Britain from the horrors of such a Reign of Terror as engulfed her nearest neighbor, they lit a blaze that the darkness could not put out. With an enthusiasm informed and controlled by diligent scholarship and up-to-date research, Skevington Wood here tells the gripping story of those momentous days, and shows how the candle of men like Master Ridley and Latimer, that had become the refining fires of Puritan times, had now turned into an inextinguishable blaze that would, in the century to follow, carry the Light of the World to the ends of the earth.

Author : Khim Harris
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597527309

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Evangelicals and Education by Khim Harris Pdf

This is the first history of English public schools founded by Evangelicals in the nineteenth century. Five existing public schools can be traced back to this period: Cheltenham College, Dean Close School, Monkton Combe School, Trent College, and St LawrenceÕs College. Some of these schools were set up in direct competition with new Anglo-Catholic schools, while others drew their inspiration from and, to a greater or lesser extent, were modelled on their rivals. Harris documents, for the first time, the rise of Evangelical societies such as the influential Church Association and the little-known Clerical and Lay Associations. An extensive bibliography and useful biographical survey of influential Evangelicals of the period completes this groundbreaking study.

Author : Murray R. Adamthwaite
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498237574

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Through the Christian Year with Charles Wesley by Murray R. Adamthwaite Pdf

In a time when Charles Wesley's hymns, and even his name, are slowly fading from the purview of many Christians, this book is intended to recover the precious heritage of our past, and to bring to the reader's attention a sample of the massive body of Christian verse which that genius composed throughout his life. The main body of the book is a selection of well known, lesser known, and unknown hymns and Psalm paraphrases, intended for devotional use and for teaching the basic Christian doctrines. These selections are arranged around the Christian year, as is appropriate, since Wesley was and remained a devout Anglican. Associated essays give a biographical outline of Wesley's life and ministry, analyze his verse, explore the sources of his music, and discuss various theological and devotional issues which arise from his hymns. With this volume goes the prayer that it will be used of God to recover Scriptural worship "in reverence and holy fear," appreciate his poetry, foster humble piety, promote doctrinal awareness, and to love and serve the same God of all grace and Christ of redemption whom it was Wesley's delight to serve.

Author : Jason E. Vickers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567520340

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Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed by Jason E. Vickers Pdf

As anyone familiar with both the stereotypes and the scholarship related to Wesley knows, tricky interpretive questions abound: was Wesley a conservative, high church Tory or a revolutionary protodemocrat or proto-Marxist? Was he a modern rationalist obsessed with the epistemology of religious belief or a late medieval style thinker who believed in demonic possession and supernatural healing? Was Wesley primarily a pragmatic evangelist or a serious theologian committed to the long-haul work of catechesis, initiation, and formation? Wesley: A Guide for the Perplexed sheds new light on Wesley's life and teaching, and aims to help students understand this enigmatic figure.