Introduction

pp 1-10

Part I - Wesley’s context

1 - The long eighteenth century

pp 13-40

Part II - Wesley’s life

2 - Wesley’s life and ministry

pp 43-59

3 - Wesley in context

pp 60-78

Part III - Wesley’s work

4 - Wesley as revivalist/renewal leader

pp 81-97

5 - Wesley as preacher

pp 98-112

6 - Wesley as biblical interpreter

pp 113-128

7 - John Wesley as diarist and correspondent

pp 129-143

8 - John Wesley as editor and publisher

pp 144-159

9 - Wesley’s engagement with the natural sciences

pp 160-175

10 - Wesley as adviser on health and healing

pp 176-189

11 - Wesley’s theological emphases

pp 190-206

12 - Happiness, holiness, and the moral life in John Wesley

pp 207-224

13 - Wesley’s emphases on worship and the means of grace

pp 225-242

Part IV - Wesley’s legacy

14 - Spread of Wesleyan Methodism

pp 245-261

15 - The holiness/pentecostal/charismatic extension of the Wesleyan tradition

pp 262-281

16 - The African American wing of the Wesleyan tradition

pp 282-297

17 - Current debates over Wesley’s legacy among his progeny

pp 298-316

Select bibliography

pp 317-322

Index

pp 323-342