Men of One Book: A Comparison of Two Methodist Preachers, John Wesley and George Whitefield - Softcover

Maddock, Ian J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718892615 ISBN 13: 9780718892616

Verlag: Lutterworth Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

In this notable contribution to the study of John Wesley and George Whitefield, Ian Maddock discovers the affinity between two preachers often contrasted as enemies. The controversial Free Grace episode of the early eighteenth century, which highlighted the theological divisions between Wesley's Arminianism and Whitefield's Calvinism, has influenced the scholarly division of these forerunners of the Eighteenth Century Revival, resulting in a polarised critical heritage.
In a critical assessment of John Wesley, the 'scholar preacher', and George Whitefield, the 'actor preacher', Maddock gives due attention to their differences but unifies them in their commitment to the authority of the Bible, their rhetorical devices and their thematic similarities, showing how they often explicated different theories with the same evidence. Men of One Book explains how these contemporaries, who each knew of the other at Oxford University and as preachers, each faced ecclesiastical opposition and social stigma, but sought for a print-and-preach ministry in which the spoken and written word would spread the Gospel throughout the transatlantic world.
Men of One Book will interest anyone concerned with the Eighteenth Century Revival, the rise of Methodism or the history of evangelicalism.

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Ian J. Maddock is Lecturer in Theology at Sydney Missionary and Bible College, and received his PhD from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Lutterworth Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0718892615
• ISBN 13: 9780718892616
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
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