The Genesis of Methodism

"Methodism arose under the leadership of John Wesley in England in the eighteenth century. What its antecedents really are is a question that often divides historians. Was Wesley a man who was primarily a Dissenter and a sectarian in his inspiration or an Anglican and a churchman? Evidence can be cited on both sides of the debate."--BOOK JACKET.

"Frederick Dreyer takes a new look at the question and reaches a fresh conclusion. Methodism in its origins owes nothing to either Anglicanism or Dissent. In its defining characteristics, it derives from the Moravian revival, an evangelical movement arising in Germany in the eighteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.