Ebook: Anti-Methodism and Theological Controversy in Eighteenth-Century England: The Struggle for True Religion (Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs)
Author: Simon Lewis
- Year: 2022
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Language: English
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John Wesley and George Whitefield are remembered as founders of Methodism, one of the most influential movements in the history of modern Christianity. Characterized by open-air and itinerant preaching, eighteenth-century Methodism was a divisive phenomenon, which attracted a torrent of printed opposition, especially from Anglican clergymen. Yet, most of these opponents have been virtually forgotten. Anti-Methodism and Theological Controversy in Eighteenth-Century England is the first large-scale examination of the theological ideas of early anti-Methodist authors. By illuminating a very different perspective on Methodism, Simon Lewis provides a fundamental reappraisal of the eighteenth-century Church of England and its doctrinal priorities. For anti-Methodist authors, attacking Wesley and Whitefield was part of a wider defence of 'true religion', which demonstrates the theological vitality of the much-derided Georgian Church. This book, therefore, places Methodism firmly in its
contemporary theological context, as part of the Church of England's continuing struggle to define itself theologically.
contemporary theological context, as part of the Church of England's continuing struggle to define itself theologically.
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