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dc.contributor.advisorElliott, Mark
dc.contributor.authorRogers, Caleb
dc.coverage.spatial124en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-19T10:45:05Z
dc.date.available2024-03-19T10:45:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-30
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/29531
dc.description.abstractJohn Wesley is recognized as one of the most powerful voices of the 18th century. His work sparked a revival which spread around the world, becoming the basis for multiple Christian denominations which are still present today. He was famously fond of Arminian theology, though he did admit that he believed the truth of the gospel to be so close to Calvinism as to be only a “hair’s breadth away.” This particular turn of phrase is one which is often cited by Wesleyan scholars and then immediately forgotten as they go on to emphasize the more Arminian elements of his theology. I argue in this thesis that Wesley’s theological super- system was far more Reformed Orthodox in nature than is typically thought. This is shown by comparing Wesley to his contemporary across the sea, Jonathan Edwards, particularly along the topics of theological anthropology and federal theology.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectJohn Wesleyen_US
dc.subjectWesleyan theologyen_US
dc.subjectTheologyen_US
dc.subjectSoteriologyen_US
dc.subjectEvilen_US
dc.subjectSinen_US
dc.subjectGenesisen_US
dc.subjectOriginal sinen_US
dc.subjectCalvinismen_US
dc.subjectReformed theologyen_US
dc.subject.lcshWesley, John, 1703-1791en
dc.subject.lcshEdwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758en
dc.subject.lcshArminianism--Relations--Calvinismen
dc.titleMeasuring "a hair's breadth" : determining John Wesley's closeness to Calvinism by a comparison to Jonathan Edwardsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhil Master of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.17630/sta/827


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