Wesley and the People Called Methodists
Second Edition
Published August 2013
The practical and theological development of eighteenth-century Methodism.
This second edition of Richard P. Heitzenrater's groundbreaking survey of the Wesleyan movement is the story of the many people who contributed to the theology, organization, and mission of Methodism. This updated version addresses recent research from the past twenty years; includes an extensive bibliography; and fleshes out such topics as the means of grace; Conference; "Large" Minutes; Charles Wesley; Wesley and America; ordination; prison ministry; apostolic church; music; children; Susanna and Samuel Wesley; the Christian library; itinerancy; connectionalism; doctrinal standards; and John Wesley as historian, Oxford don, and preacher.About the Author
Prof. Richard P. Heitzenrater
Richard P. Heitzenrater is best known for "breaking the code" of Wesley's personal diaries. He is General Editor of the Bicentennial Edition of The Works of John Wesley, which includes his work in the seven volumes of Journals and Diaries. During 2002-03, he was a Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology.
He has lectured at many distinguished institutions across North America, Great Britain, Sweden, Russia, Austria, Bulgaria, Australia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Brazil. He has published 16 books, including Wesley and the People Called Methodists, which has been translated into six languages. He has contributed 25 chapters to other books and published more than 20 major scholarly articles.
Heitzenrater chaired the writing committee of the Committee on Our Theological Task that wrote the present doctrinal statement in Part II of The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church. He was recently senior co-editor of Church History, the journal of the American Society of Church History, and presently co-chairs the Wesley Studies Group of the Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies. He has been a clergy member of the Western Pennsylvania Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church for more than 45 years.
