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John Wesley in America - Restoring Primitive Christianity (Hardcover)
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John Wesley in America - Restoring Primitive Christianity (Hardcover)
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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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