The conversion of the Wesleys
Subtitle: a critical study
By: by J. Ernest Rattenbury
Publisher: Epworth Press
Published: 1938
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Table of contents: title: I. An epoch-making day; title: A. Was May 24 epoch-making?; title: B. Can the experience be called conversion?; title: II. Wesley's Protestant conversion; title: A. John Wesley, Protestant; title: B. The Oxford background of the conversion; title: The Oxford Christian; title: Catholic heritage and practice; title: Adventure in mysticism; title: C. The Moravian influence; title: The Georgian mission; title: Aboard the Simmonds; title: In Georgia; title: Events culminating on May 24, 1738; title: Events culminating on May 21, 1738; title: Evangelical content of the Wesleys' conversion; title: The permanence of the Moravian influence; title: III. The conversion and the critics; title: A.A Roman Catholic criticism; title: B.A humanist criticism; title: Wesley's alleged modification of his views; title: The allegations examined especially in light of Charles Wesley's hymns; title: C. The psychological criticism; title: Psychology and conversion; title: Psychology and John Wesley's conversion; title: IV. Wesley's Catholic retroversion; title: A. Limitations on the conversion experience; title: B. Catholic retroversion illustrated by Wesley's polemical writings; title: In reference to mysticism; title: In reference to Moravian Quietism; title: In reference to Calvinism; title: C. Wesley's defensive controversies; title: D. Wesley's Catholic doctrine of Christian perfection; title: E. Wesley's church beliefs and practice; title: The church and the societies; title: John Wesley, high churchman; title: Appendix I: Dr. Bett on Wesley's mysticism; title: Appendix II: Wesley's letter on mysticism, 1736; title: Appendix III. Two notable American books on Wesley.