Pain, Passion and Faith

Revisiting the Place of Charles Wesley in Early Methodism

von Joanna Cruickshank

202 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Pietist and Wesleyan Studies
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Christentum Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Gruppen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Methodistische Kirchen
• ISBN: 9780810861541
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.11.2009
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Scarecrow Press