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Biography

Name: John Wesley
Birth Date: June 17, 1703
Death Date: March 2, 1791
Place of Birth: Epworth, Lincolnshire, England
Place of Death: London, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: clergyman, preacher

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Biography of John Wesley
1,195 words, approx. 4 pages
The English evangelical clergyman, preacher, and writer John Wesley (1703-1791) was the founder of Methodism. One of England's greatest spiritual leaders, he played a major role in the revival of religion in 18th-century English life. The 18th century...
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Biography of John Wesley
5,092 words, approx. 17 pages
John Wesley, the leader of the Methodist revival, was also an intellectual and a man of letters. His two million published words feature such marks of literary craftsmanship as grasp of narrative vocabulary, the use of familiar words and aphorisms, an...


Quotations
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John Wesley Quotes
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John Wesley ( 28 June 1703 - 2 March 1791 ) was an English preacher, and founder of the Methodist movement. Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Sermons on Several Occasions (1771) 2 Unsourced 3 Disputed 4 Misattributed 5 External links // Sourced Whatsoever things...


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Wesley Brothers Summary
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WESLEY BROTHERS. John Wesley, English clergyman (1703–1791), attempted to revive the spiritual life of the Church of England but instead founded Methodism, a worldwide family of independent churches. His father, Samuel (1662–1735), and...
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John Wesley Information
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John Wesley (IPA: [ˈwɛslɪ]) (June 28 [O.S. June 17] 1703 – March 2, 1791) was an Anglican minister and Christian theologian who was an early leader in the Methodist movement. Methodism had three rises: the first at Oxford University with the...


News and Journals
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Artforum
John Wesley
03/01/2004: 504 words, approx. 2 pages
JOHN WESLEY FREDERICKS FREISER GALLERY John Wesley has always been hard to pin down. Linda Norden, curator of a recent exhibition of his work at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum, has described him as a "not-quite-pop, faux-primitive Californian" as well as the "Henri...
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Anglican Theological Review
John Wesley and the Netherlands
07/01/2003: 546 words, approx. 2 pages
John Wesley and the Netherlands. By Johannes van den Berg and W. Stephen Gunter. Nashville, Tenn.: Kingswood Books (Abingdon), 2002. 144pp. $24.65 (cloth). Why would John Wesley, a self-declared Anglican "Arminian," choose to visit the heartland of Calvinist orthodoxy? John Wesley and the...
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AP News
Today in history - Dec. 2
12/2/2007: 622 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Sunday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2007. There are 29 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Fifty years ago, on Dec. 2, 1957, the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first full-scale commercial nuclear facility in the United States, began...
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AP Features
Today in History
10/15/2007: 624 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Monday, Oct. 22, the 295th day of 2007. There are 70 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy announced a quarantine of all offensive military equipment shipped to Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet-built missile...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Graham Maddox
11,512 words, approx. 38 pages
In the following essay, Maddox discusses Wesley's attitudes toward the plight of the poor, slavery, and the capitalist system.
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Critical Essay by Ronald H. Stone
9,272 words, approx. 31 pages
In the first excerpt below, Stone analyzes the ethical basis of Wesley's views on perfection and predestination. In the second essay, he analyzes Wesley's arguments for the abolition of slavery within the context of the political situation at the time.
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Critical Essay by Elisabeth Jay
6,809 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Jay discusses theJournal as a public document, and closely considers the rigorous self-examination evident in the work.
 


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