John Wesley: A Brand From The Burning
The Life of John Wesley
$50.26
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
20 December 2004
Summary
John Wesley led the Second English Reformation. His Methodist ‘Connexion’ was divided from the Church of England, not by dogma and doctrine but by the new relationship which it created between clergy and people. Throughout a life tortured by doubt about true faith and tormented by a series of bizarre relationships with women, Wesley kept his promise to ‘live and die an ordained priest of the Established Church’. However by the end of the long pilgrimage - from the Oxford Holy Club through col…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349116570 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349116571 |
| Author: | Roy Hattersley |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 20 December 2004 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 31mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
This is a first-class biography, lucid and always interesting… Hattersley asks all the right questions and seems incapable of writing a dull page. - INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Roy Hattersley has written a full and fair biography. - NEW STATESMANHe can fashion an anecdote out of even the dreariest theological dispute. Indeed, a gossipy politician is the right man for the job. - MAIL ON SUNDAYAn intellectually and theologically compelling portrait - SCOTLAND ON SUNDAYAbout The Author
Roy Hattersley
Roy Hattersley is a politician-turned-writer. He was elected to Parliament in 1964, and served in each of Harold Wilson’s governments as well as Jim Callaghan’s Cabinet before becoming deputy leader of the Labour Party in 1983. He is the author of fourteen books.
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