Samuel Wesley and the Crisis of Tory Piety, 1685-1720

Samuel Wesley and the Crisis of Tory Piety, 1685-1720
Author: William Gibson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198870248

This study uses the experiences of Samuel Wesley (1662-1735) to examine what life was like in the Church of England for Tory High Church clergy.

The Prevenient Piety of Samuel Wesley, Sr

The Prevenient Piety of Samuel Wesley, Sr
Author: Arthur Alan Torpy
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2009
Genre:
ISBN: 0810860589

For the better part of two centuries, Wesley scholars have been given a picture of the family of John Wesley that focuses positively upon the relationships of John and his brother Charles and his mother Susanna. What has come down to us about John Wesley's father--Samuel Wesley, Sr.--is a mixture of good and bad character traits, mostly seemingly inconsequential with respect to the making of Methodism under John and Charles. Now with Arthur Torpy's work, we have reason to think differently. Samuel Wesley, Sr. was a complex person whose thoughts, actions, and convictions were based on his understanding and practice of his tradition, experience, scripture, and reasoning. The Prevenient Piety of Samuel Wesley, Sr. examines the life of Samuel Wesley, exploring the influences of his early Dissenting upbringing, his Oxford education, subsequent published writings, and post 1709 sermons.

History of Universities

History of Universities
Author: Mordechai Feingold
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2018-06-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0192562266

This issue of History of Universities, Volume XXXI / 1, contains the customary mix of learned articles and book reviews which makes this publication such an indispensable tool for the historian of higher education. The volume is, as always, a lively combination of original research and invaluable reference material.