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John Wesley in America - Restoring Primitive Christianity (Paperback)
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John Wesley in America - Restoring Primitive Christianity (Paperback)
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Why did John Wesley leave the halls of academia at Oxford to become
a Church of England missionary in the newly established colony of
Georgia? Was his ministry in America a success or failure? These
questions-which have engaged numerous biographers of Wesley-have
often been approached from the vantage point of later developments
in Methodism. Geordan Hammond presents the first book-length study
of Wesley's experience in America, providing an innovative
contribution to debates about the significance of a formative
period of Wesley's life. John Wesley in America addresses Wesley's
Georgia mission in fresh perspective by interpreting it in its
immediate context. In order to re-evaluate this period of Wesley's
life, Hammond carefully considers Wesley's writings and those of
his contemporaries. The Georgia mission, for Wesley, was a
laboratory for implementing his views of primitive Christianity.
The ideal of restoring the doctrine, discipline, and practice of
the early church in the pristine Georgia wilderness was the prime
motivating factor in Wesley's decision to embark for Georgia and in
his clerical practice in the colony. Understanding the centrality
of primitive Christianity to Wesley's thinking and pastoral methods
is essential to comprehending his experience in America. Wesley's
conception of primitive Christianity was rooted in his embrace of
patristic scholarship at Oxford. The most direct influence,
however, was the High Church ecclesiology of the Usager Nonjurors
who inspired him with their commitment to the restoration of the
primitive church.
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