Samuel Wesley and the Crisis of Tory Piety, 1685-1720
Samuel Wesley and the Crisis of Tory Piety, 1685-1720 uses the experiences of Samuel Wesley (1662-1735) to examine what life was like in the Church of England for Tory High Church clergy. These clergy felt alienated from the religious and political settlement of 1689 and found themselves facing the growth of religious toleration. They often linked this to a rise in immorality and a sense of the decline in religious values. Samuel Wesley's life saw a seriesof crises including his decision to leave Dissent and conform to the Church of England, his imprisonment for debt in 1705, his shortcomings as a priest, disagreements with his bishop, his ma…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-264291-2
- EAN: 9780192642912
- Produktnummer: 35818213
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'675 KB
- Abbildungen: 11 halftones
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William Gibson is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Director of the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History at Oxford Brookes University. Professor Gibson has written widely on the Church and politics in the post-Restoration period. He is editor of the Journal of Religious History, Literature and Culture, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries.
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