Wesley and the Anglicans : Political Division in Early Evangelicalism.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Identity and Challenge: Defining Early English Evangelicalism -- The Eighteenth-Century Context -- The Elusive Nature of Evangelicalism -- Defining Evangelicalism -- The Evangelical Fraternity -- The "Methodist Desert" -- Producing Dissent -- Revivalists for the Church -- 2 Movement and Conversion: Wesley in the Trans-Atlantic Revival -- The Evangelical Sweep -- Movement and Fervor -- Caught Up in the Sweep -- The Aldersgate Experience -- A Religious Pollen Factory: The Fetter Lane Society -- Wesley the Evangelical -- 3 Propaganda and Power: The Revival Under Fire -- Methodism and Its Detractors -- A Climate of Fear -- Evangelicalism as Cromwell Reborn -- Wesley and the Evangelicals Under Fire -- The Revival and Episcopal Power -- Pressing Issues -- 4 Politics and Polity: Methodist Structure and the Question of Dissent -- Methodist Conventicles -- Wesley and the Question of Dissent -- Fletcher and Walker: Evangelical Societies -- Staying the Course -- 5 Enclaves and Incursions: The Geography of Evangelicalism -- Geography and a Maturing Movement Within the Church -- Evangelical Attempts to Curtail the Preachers -- The Huddersfield Compromise and the Conference of 1764 -- 6 Eucharist and Ethos: The Formation of Methodist Identity -- Methodist Identity and the 1755 Conference -- The 1760 Conference and Sacramental Administration -- Wesley's High Churchmanship and Methodism's Distinctive Ethos -- Continuing Struggles -- 7 Hegemony and Casualties: The Oxford Expulsions of 1768 -- Evangelical Entanglement -- The Context -- The Trial -- The Students -- The Aftermath -- Irregular Casualties -- 8 Vision and Divergence: A New Anglican Historiography -- Wesley the Tory -- The Old Divinity -- Restorationists of a Different Sort -- Divergent Visions.

Conclusion: Constrained to Deviate -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Notes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Identity and Challenge: Defining Early English Evangelicalism -- Chapter 2: Movement and Conversion: Wesley in the Trans-Atlantic Revival -- Chapter 3: Propaganda and Power: The Revival Under Fire -- Chapter 4: Politics and Polity: Methodist Structure and the Question of Dissent -- Chapter 5: Enclaves and Incursions: The Geography of Evangelicalism -- Chapter 6: Eucharist and Ethos: The Formation of Methodist Identity -- Chapter 7: Hegemony and Casualties: The Oxford Expulsions of 1768 -- Chapter 8: Vision and Divergence: A New Anglican Historiography -- Conclusion: Constrained to Deviate -- Appendix -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Praise for Wesley and the Anglicans -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press -- Copyright.

Why did the Wesleyan Methodists and the Anglican evangelicals divide during the middle of the eighteenth century? Many say it was based narrowly on theological matters. Ryan Nicholas Danker suggests that politics was a major factor driving them apart. Rich in detail, this study offers deep insight into a critical juncture in evangelicalism and early Methodism.

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