The burning heart. : John Wesley, evangelist / Arthur Skevington Wood. [print]

In a line -- Taken out of the flames -- Continued endeavor -- Beating the air -- The change which God works -- Such an instrument -- Excluded from the churches -- This strange way -- In the same track -- This vagabond life -- A convenient place -- The people gathered -- Declaring the grace of God -- Inviting all sinners -- The many headed beast -- Living witnesses -- The chief care -- An honorable man -- The only standard of truth -- The standing topic -- The loathsome leprosy -- Properly said to live -- An inward impression on the soul -- The grand depositum -- The wrath to come -- Epilogue -- Bibliography.

British Wesley scholars typically excel in their historical of John Wesley, and they do so for obvious reasons considering that Wesley was himself British. Living in the midst of Wesley's environment gives them an advantage in this regard. American Wesley scholars are famous for their theologies of John Wesley, but as one recent Wesley scholar has noted, you have as many "Wesleys" as you do contemporary Wesley scholars, each one mirroring Wesley in their own image and reconstructing him according to their own agendas. Here in this classic work A. Skevington Wood has the advantage of the British perspective and yet he provides a reliable interpretation of Wesley's own theological thinking. Wood also rightly notes that the key to understanding Wesley is to see him as an evangelist. This interpretative theme is the prism for seeing the whole Wesley. Wood's profound appreciation for Wesley allows him to penetrate insightfully into the central concerns and contributions of Wesley. The decisive contribution of this book is that it gives the reader a clear and straightforward account of the ancestry, life, and theology of John Wesley and it does so all in one volume. - Publisher.

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