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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"John Wesley"”.
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John Wesley and revolution
… anniversary of the evangelical ·conversion of John Wesley. This thesis arises from a questioning of the exclusive emphasis placed by so many upon Wesley's Aldersgate experience. The question asked is whether Wesley's heart-warming experience was indeed the turning point of his theology and …
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Men of One Book: A Comparison of Two Methodist Preachers, John Wesley and George Whitefield
… preachers, and professed ‘men of one book,’ John Wesley and George Whitefield. One of the principal ways in which Wesley and Whitefield manifested their desire to be ‘men of one book’ was through a life-long commitment to itinerant preaching. Indeed, it was especially in their capacity as …
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The Movement of the Spirit: A Constructive Comparison of Divine Grace in the Theologies of Paul Tillich and John Wesley
… of divine grace resonate in the theologies of John Wesley and Paul Tillich. The primary questions which initially motivated this project: First, how does Tillich's concept of theonomy intersect Wesley's conceptions of the activity of grace? Second, how would those intersections serve to provide …
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Toward A Model Of The Ontology Of The Divine Indwelling Of Humans: A Comparative Study Of John Wesley And John Cobb
… by the means of a comparative study of John Wesley and John Cobb.</p> <p>Problem</p> <p>The purpose of this research is to survey and analyze the writings of Wesley and Cobb, in order to present their models of the ontological nature of the divine-human indwelling. In addition, an effort …
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Child-rearing and education : the thinking and practice of John Wesley and some of his contemporaries, evaluated within its eighteenth-century context
The originality of this study lies in how it sets John Wesley’s thinking and practice concerning child-rearing and education in its broader eighteenth-century social and cultural context. In order to do so, the study examines the educational endeavours of some of Wesley’s contemporaries including …
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Pulpit, periodical, and pen: Joseph Benson, and Methodist influence in the Victorian prelude
… movement begun in the eighteenth century by John Wesley. The continued growth and influence of Methodism in the post-Wesley era may be attributed to competent leaders, such as Joseph Benson (1748-1821), and the extensive organization that Wesley had created, including the circuit system and …
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POPULAR GEOGRAPHY WRITING IN AMERICA, 1783–1888
… Stowe, Albert Richardson, Clarence King, and John Wesley Powell created a popular discursive sense of equivalency between the physical landscape of a North American continent and the United States as a nationstate.</p>
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Methodism and public life in Zimbabwe : an analysis of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Zimbabwe's impact on politics from 1891-1980
… investigation and theological interpretation of Wesleyan Methodists' political teaching and practice in Zimbabwe from 1891 to 1980. In an attempt to come up with an informed interpretation of the political teaching and activities, the study traced Wesleyan Methodist political praxis John Wesley, …
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Electroanalgesia: Historical and Contemporary Developments
… pioneering electrical treatments of the Rev John Wesley, together with contemporary developments in electroanalgesia from the late twentieth-century, including the author's own pilot study, in order to provide a sound, scientific basis for their continuing use. The problem and the hypothesis: …
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A system of aggression: motives, methods and margins of Methodist growth with special reference to the growth of Methodism on Cannock Chase 1776-1893
… of ministry and church growth formulated by John Wesley upon the ways in which Methodism approached the task of promoting its own growth. The analysis of Wesley's concepts of ministry and church growth reveals an unresolved dilemma between the evangelical task of making converts and the …
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The incombatibility of the Free Methodist Church and fundamentalist theology: why Free Methodists are not fundamentalists
… as they worked towards merger with the Wesleyan Methodist Church, the FMC moved closer to fundamentalist positions, even officially embracing the position of inerrancy in their Articles of Religion for a time. However, it was clear that leaders within the FMC were never comfortable with …
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Prophets and profits : the financing of Wesleyan Methodism, c.1740-1800
… account of the financing of eighteenth century Wesleyan Methodism, based mainly on primary sources such as Methodist account books. In the late 1730s John and Charles Wesley launched a movement to reform the Church of England, preaching throughout the British Isles, and creating a network of …
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The American Wesleyan-Holiness Movement's doctrine of entire sanctification: A reformulation
… A distinctive debate is going on between Wesleyan-Holiness scholars. Scholars are asking the following questions: What is Wesley's doctrine of entire sanctification? Has the Holiness Movement been faithful to Wesley's teaching on this doctrine? Does its teaching on this doctrine need to be …
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George Whitefield's Preaching: An Evangelical Response to the Enlightenment
… from an early age, but it was the influence of John and Charles Wesley that guided his faith. Chapter 3 outlines the thought of the Enlightenment period. Specifically, rationalism as a means to discerning and living by truth. Philosophical influences such as Locke, Newton, Hume, Descartes, and …
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James E. Talmage and the Nature of the Godhead: The Gradual Unfolding of Latter-day Saint Theology
… of God have been frequent and ardent. Augustine, John Calvin, and John Wesley, with others, supplemented the generally accepted view of the Godhead as established at the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. Correctly understanding the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost is one of the most critical …
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Toward a Protestant theology of celibacy : Protestant thought in dialogue with John Paul II's Theology of the Body.
… examines the theology of celibacy found both in John Paul II's writings and in current Protestant theology, with the aim of developing a framework and legitimation for a richer Protestant theology of celibacy. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis. Chapter 2 reviews the Protestant literature on …
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Church and secondary societies in Korean ecclesiology and the Christocentric perspective of Karl Barth.
… Gospel Theology" whose theological basis is John Wesley's teaching of sanctification. This theology says that the Church and society are two distinctive territories and have their own different tasks, not to be confused with each other. Second, the identity model of "Korean Indigenization …
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"Feed my lambs" : the spiritual direction ministry of Calvinistic British Baptist Anne Dutton during the early years of the evangelical revival.
… early correspondence with Howell Harris, John Wesley, and George Whitefield. The chapter demonstrates that Dutton's Calvinistic spiritual writings were attractive to Harris and Whitefield (who in turn expanded her social-spiritual direction network) and suggests Dutton's direction to these …
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