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In this notable contribution to the study of John Wesley and George
Whitefield, Ian Maddock discovers the affinity between two
preachers often contrasted as enemies. The controversial Free Grace
episode of the early eighteenth century, which highlighted the
theological divisions between Wesley's Arminianism and Whitefield's
Calvinism, has influenced the scholarly division of these
forerunners of the Eighteenth Century Revival, resulting in a
polarised critical heritage. In a critical assessment of John
Wesley, the 'scholar preacher', and George Whitefield, the 'actor
preacher', Maddock gives due attention to their differences but
unifies them in their commitment to the authority of the Bible,
their rhetorical devices and their thematic similarities, showing
how they often explicated different theories with the same
evidence. Men of One Book explains how these contemporaries, who
each knew of the other at Oxford University and as preachers, each
faced ecclesiastical opposition and social stigma, but sought for a
print-and-preach ministry in which the spoken and written word
would spread the Gospel throughout the transatlantic world. 'Men of
One Book' is a volume that will interest anyone concerned with the
Eighteenth Century Revival, the rise of Methodism or the history of
evangelicalism. Ian J. Maddock is Lecturer in Theology at Sydney
Missionary and Bible College, and received his PhD from the
University of Aberdeen. 'A wonderful comparative treatment of the
two dominant preachers of the first Great Awakening. Maddock is
equally sure-footed working meticulously through the voluminous
manuscript sermons of Wesley and Whitefield as if painting the
details of their complex and interwoven leadership of the
evangelical revivals. There is no other work that so faithfully
renders portraits of these two on their own terms as well as in
relation to each other.' Richard Lints, Andrew Mutch Distinguished
Professor of Theology, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
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Men of One Book (Hardcover)
Ian J Maddock; Foreword by Andrew T. B. McGowan
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R1,395
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