John Wesley: A Brand From The Burning by Roy Hattersley

John Wesley: A Brand From The Burning by Roy Hattersley

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 colonial Georgia to every market place in England - he knew that separation was inevitable. But he could not have realised that his influence on the new industrial working class would play a major part in shaping society during the century of Britain's greatest power and influence and that Methodism would become a worldwide religion and the inspiration of 20th-century television evangelism.

Praise for A BRAND FROM THE BURNING: 'A first class biography, lucid and always interestingHattersley seems incapable of writing a dull page' Frank McLynn in INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'A lively, forthright biography' Jenny Uglow in SUNDAY TIMES 'A full and fair biography' Kathryn Hughes in NEW STATESMAN;

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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ISBN 13	9780316860208
ISBN 10	0316860204
Title	John Wesley: A Brand From The Burning
Author	Roy Hattersley
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Little, Brown & Company
Year published	2002-10-03
Number of pages	464
Prizes	Short-listed for Marsh Biography Award 2003
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