Experimental Theology in America: Madame Guyon, Fénelon, and Their Readers

by Patricia A. Ward

Book Overview

In this study of Madame Guyon and, her defender, Francois de F nelon, the Archbishop of Cambray, Patricia Ward demonstrates how the ideas of these seventeenth-century Catholics were transmitted into an ongoing tradition of Protestant devotional literature--one that continues to influence American evangelicals and charismatic Christians today. Down a winding (and fascinating) historical path, Ward traces how the lives and writings of these two somewhat...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481311107
• ISBN13: 9781481311106
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher