John Wesley and the Women Preachers of Early Methodism

Informationen zum Autor Paul Wesley Chilcote is a retired professor of historical theology & Wesleyan studies and United Methodist minister. He has taught in seminaries on three continents! including Africa University in Zimbabwe and Wesley College in England. Author or nearly 30 books! Dr. Chilcote's A Faith That Sings received the Saddlebag Award in 2017. Klappentext There is no question that women preachers helped to make the evangelical revival of the eighteenth century a powerful religious movement of enduring significance. This book is an effort to rediscover the lost history of the early women preachers of Methodism and their relationship to its primary leader, John Wesley. Chilcote reconstructs the portraits of over one hundred fascinating women, including Sarah Crosby, Mary Bosanquet, and Sarah Mallet, in a highly readable narrative interweaving biographical, historical, and theological concerns. Zusammenfassung "This definitive study ought to be required reading in all courses on Methodism." -Dr. Diane Lobody! Warner Chair in Church History! Methodist Theological School in Ohio

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Wesley Chilcote, Paul Wesley American Theological Library Chilcote, CHILCOTE PAUL WESLEY AMERICAN THE
• Editore: Scarecrow Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.1991
• EAN: 9780810824140
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-2414-0
• Pagine: 389
• Serie: ATLA Monograph; ATLA Monograph Series; ATLA Monograph Series
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo