Pain, Passion and Faith: Revisiting the Place of Charles Wesley in Early Methodism

by Joanna Cruickshank and Joanna Cruickshank Deakin University

Pain, Passion and Faith: Revisiting the Place of Charles Wesley in Early Methodism is a significant study of the 18th-century poet and preacher Charles Wesley. Wesley was an influential figure in 18th-century English culture and society; he was co-founder of the Methodist revival movement and one of the most prolific hymn-writers in the English language. His hymns depict the Christian life as characterized by a range of intense emotions, from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810861542
• ISBN13: 9780810861541
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"