doi:10.2478/holiness-2024-0016John WesleySlaverySocial EthicsLGBTQQueer TheologyMethodistThis article explores how John Wesley's theological arguments inThoughts upon Slaverycan be used as a pattern for developing a Wesleyan pro-LGBTQ social ethic. After exploring Wesley's experiential and practical ...
doi:10.1111/1754-0208.12244Peter ForsaithOxford Brookes UniversityJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies
We begin with three quotations from John Wesley, which bear directly on the theme of this article. "The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.'' "The Gospel of Christ knows no religion but social; . no holiness but socia~ holiness.'' "This doctrine [i.e., scriptural holiness or ...
Peter ForsaithOxford Brookes UniversityJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Journal for Eighteenth‐Century Studies
Methodism - Revivalism, Holiness, Social Reform: Methodism was introduced into America by Irish immigrants who had been converted by John Wesley. Wesley also sent preachers, the most successful of whom was Francis Asbury, a blacksmith, who arrived in 177