John Wesley

  • John Wesley: A Personal Portrait
    By Ralph Waller

    30 For a wider discussion of this topic see the unpublished papers of Donald Tranter (to be found in the Library, Harris Manchester College, Oxford), who wrote authoritatively and extensively on Wesley and education.

  • John Wesley
    By David M. Butler

    John Wesley

  • John Wesley: The Last Phase
    By John S. Simon

    He says: “Probably our conclusion will be that Thomas Adams was at one time a priest, that he renounced Romanism; that he married; that he was not a priest when Wesley made his acquaintance; that Wesley never called him a priest; ...

  • John Wesley: A Preaching Life
    By Michael Pasquarello III

    Cf. Susan Wabuda, Preaching during the English Reformation (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002); Peter E. McCullough, Sermons at Court: Politics and Religion in Elizabethan and Jacobean Preaching (Cambridge: ...

  • John Wesley: A Preaching Life
    By Michael Pasquarello

    MO: Beacon Hill, 2004); Geoffrey Wainwright, Methodists in Dialog (Nashville: Abingdon, 1995); Robert E. Cushman, John Wesley's Experimental Divinity: Studies in Methodist Doctrinal Standards (Nashville: Abingdon, 1989);Albert Outler, ...

  • John Wesley
    By John Wesley

    This volume offers a representative selection of theological writings by Wesley and includes historically oriented introductions and footnotes which indicate Wesley's Anglican, patristic, and biblical sources.

  • John Wesley: The Evangelical Revival and the Rise of Methodism in England
    By John Munsey Turner

    This text seeks to set Wesley firmly in his historical context, analyzing his life, practice and theology.

  • John Wesley: A Biography
    By Stephen Tomkins

    This biography tells the story of John Wesley's colourful and dramatic life, beginning with his childhood and his family background, looking especially at the influence of his powerful and austere mother, Susannah.

  • John Wesley
    By John Wesley

    This volume offers a representative selection of theological writings by Wesley and includes historically oriented introductions and footnotes which indicate Wesley's Anglican, patristic, and biblical sources.

  • John Wesley: Optimist of Grace
    By Henry H. Knight

    For excellent surveys of Pietism see olson and Collins-Winn, Reclaiming Pietism; Shantz, Introduction to German Pietism; Brown, Understanding Pietism; and Lindberg, Pietist Theologians. salvation in terms of faith as a gift of God; ...

  • John Wesley: Preacher
    By W. L. Doughty

    His congregation was a cross-section of the community, which included hostile mobs and hooligans. This book closely examines the subjects of his sermons, as well as the results of his preaching as observed by himself and others.

  • John Wesley: The World, His Parish
    By Janet Benge, Geoff Benge

    A biography of the Anglican clergyman John Wesley who, along with his brother Charles and George Whitefield, founded the Methodist movement.

  • John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life
    By Ruth A. Daugherty, Charles Yrigoyen

    Chapters include reflection questions. The Study Guide offers step-by-step plans for each session.

  • John Wesley: A Theological Journey
    By Kenneth J. Collins

    John Wesley: A Theological Journey has been nominated for a Wesleyan Theological Society Book Award. Abingdon Press would like to congratulate Kenneth Collins on this honor. John Wesley remains a...

  • John Wesley: His Life and Thought
    By Timothy J. Crutcher

    This book paints in broad strokes the key events in Wesley's life that not only influence his thinking but also his approach to the church, the Methodist movement, and the society and world beyond.

  • John Wesley
    By Lynd Ward, May McNeer

    Life story of a minister known as "God's good rider", John Wesley. Undaunted by church critics and unruly mobs, Wesley traveled throughout England and established Methodist societies which later developed...

  • John Wesley
    By Stanley Ayling

    John Wesley

  • John Wesley: A Plain Account of Christian Perfection
    By John Wesley

    In this book John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, discusses the Christian doctrine in a manner that is accessible, with characteristic wisdom and clarity.

  • John Wesley: The Man, His Mission and His Message
    By David Malcolm Bennett

    John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was a great evangelist.

  • John Wesley: Holiness of Heart and Life
    By Charles Yrigoyen

    Chapters include reflection questions. The Study Guide offers step-by-step plans for each session.