1. John Wesley's Conception and Practice of Primitive Christianity -- 2. Primitive Christianity on the Simmonds -- 3. Versions of Primitive Christianity: Wesley's Relations with the Moravians and Lutheran Pietists -- 4. Creating Primitive Christianity Anew: Wesley's Ministry in Georgia -- 5. Opposition to Wesley's Primitive Christianity in Georgia
Summary
Why did John Wesley leave the halls of academia at Oxford to become a Church of England missionary in the newly established colony of Georgia? Was his ministry in America a success or failure? These questions - which have engaged numerous biographers of Wesley - have often been approached from the vantage point of later developments in Methodism. Geordan Hammond presents the first book-length study of Wesley's experience in America, providing an innovative contribution to debates about the significance of a formative period of Wesley's life
